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A Tale of Two Generals
In the past year, Benson Bobrick has published Master of War, a biography of Civil War general George H. Thomas. More recently, Joan Waugh published U.S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth. Grant is … more →
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A Tale of Two Generals
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Siarlys Jenkins wrote 3 days ago: In the past year, Benson Bobrick has published Master of War, a biography of Civil War general Georg … more →
How Do You Stop a Prosecutor From Overcharging?
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wiredsisters wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s an old joke, of course. But not as old as the stereotyping of the relationship between police, … more →
Healthy Food Improves School Performance
steve2 wrote 2 weeks ago: Via Yglesias, Tim Harford notes a study showing that eating healthier foods improves the performance … more →
Twelve Things You Probably Didn't Know About Pagans
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Franklin Evans wrote 2 weeks ago: I commend to all an excellent essay by Gus diZerega, from his blog on Beliefnet: Twelve Things You P … more →
"Bagpipe Music" redux
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sigaliris wrote 3 weeks ago: This is kind of cool. While listening to Live Ireland radio, I heard familiar words set to an unfami … more →
Bigotry and Low Expectations
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wiredsisters wrote 3 weeks ago: No, this isn’t about the “soft bigotry of low expectations,” I just did that to catch the eye. There … more →
WD40 for K-12
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DSL. wrote 4 weeks ago: Dreams of Better Schools Andrew Delbanco With the possible exceptions of the postal service and the … more →
harry potter meets roman polanski
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janiceboughton wrote 1 month ago: I just reviewed the blog stats on Alexandria, thanks to a post that I really couldn’t figure o … more →
"(Don't) try my product"
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DSL. wrote 1 month ago: John Scherer and Billy Mays are the reasons our TV has so many dents in it. – commenter yazd, … more →
Cyrano de Blogerac
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DSL. wrote 1 month ago: Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (5 February 1626 – 17 April 1696) was a French aristoc … more →
A Mighty Windmill
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DSL. wrote 1 month ago: This high-school kid from rural Malawi (book at #11 at Amazon.com) was on The Daily Show last night. … more →
Ivory Power
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DSL. wrote 1 month ago: Miller-McCune, a magazine launched in 2008, strives to translate recent academic research into reada … more →
"And Such Small Portions..."
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wiredsisters wrote 1 month ago: Obama wants to lengthen the school year and the school day. Probably the school week is the next tar … more →
Do people think? New studies are inconclusive...
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Franklin Evans wrote 2 months ago: I enjoyed our own Lynn’s post about doggie intelligence (second half of post; first half is a … more →
yes, he did walk on the Moon
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sigaliris wrote 2 months ago: Serendipitously, I ran across this video just in time to put it up as an addendum to John E.’s … more →
Be True To Your School's Detonation
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DSL. wrote 2 months ago: To see Paul Simon and raise him nine years, when I think back on all the horseshit I learned in Gove … more →
Survivor Alexandria
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sigaliris wrote 2 months ago: A comment by lornakismet on DSL’s “This I Believe” has moved me to propose a new s … more →
You Give Us 22 Seconds, We'll Give You The National "Conversation"
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DSL. wrote 2 months ago: Ain’t that America – whose loudest “debaters”, from baying blogosphere to br … more →
The Help Desk I Want To Be (or not to be)
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Franklin Evans wrote 2 months ago: This should need no further introduction other than to suggest that you watch it in full-screen mode … more →
