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    Of Soccer World Cups and "inner Nuremberg Rallies"

    JUNE 14, 2010 8:58AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: klemperer, history, language, nazis, tv, television, zdf, sports, world cup, soccer

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 6431 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    The Political Divorce That Changed History

    JUNE 10, 2010 6:48PM

    By Procopius


    Topics: divorce, politics, history, texas, tennessee, sam houston

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 1643 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    The Quiet Hero: A Fathers Day re-telling

    JUNE 9, 2010 8:30AM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: photography, making his own way, devotion, provider, family, history, dad, open call, re-post, revision, reflections on father's day

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 3573 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    My Grandpa the Soldier: Reflections on World War II

    MAY 31, 2010 9:42PM

    By Kasey Everly


    Topics: history, world war ii, remagen, family, memorial day

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 2815 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Silk Road Lamb Burgers

    MAY 30, 2010 11:32AM

    By Linda Shiue


    Topics: skc burger, skc burgers, open call, lamb burgers, silk road, chinese muslim, xian, history, culture, silicon valley, california

    • Editor's Pick
    • 56 Ratings
    • 5188 Views
    • 61 Comments
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    An Enchanted Rock

    MAY 21, 2010 5:14PM

    By bbd


    Topics: history, wild flowers, fredericksburg, san antonio, blue highways, back roads, enchanted rock, highway 16, texas, hill country, roadie, road trip, photography, photos, photo

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 2624 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Images of My Much-Contested Coney Island

    APRIL 21, 2010 10:40AM

    By Caroline Hagood


    Topics: news, design, new york city, mayor bloomberg, luna park, history, culture, coney island, brooklyn, photos of america

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    • 8 Ratings
    • 3029 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Adventures in PC: Are East Germans an "ethnic group"?

    APRIL 16, 2010 7:43AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: germany, east germany, berlin, stuttgart, political correctness, civil rights, equality, politics, history, communism, cold war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 2320 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Library of Congress to Archive All Tweets

    APRIL 14, 2010 1:42PM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: history, technology, news, twitter conference, chirp, social media, digital media, digital archiving, promoted tweets, celebrity twitter, twitter archive, mind your p's and tweets, library acquire twitter archive, how tweet it is, tweets, twitter, library of congress

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 2670 Views
    • 59 Comments
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    Getting Beyond the Johnny Reb Jihad

    APRIL 14, 2010 9:50AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: lost cause, gettysburg, interpretation, history, terrorism, roland martin, bob mcdonnell, confederate history month, civil war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 862 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Apology Issued for Slavery Omission in Civil War History

    APRIL 7, 2010 10:43PM

    By Kim Hartman


    Topics: news, television, travel, politics, open call, belief/religion, slaves, racism, hmmm, celebrateme, kim_hartman, history, civil war, virginia, slavery

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1037 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Telling the Ladies

    MARCH 18, 2010 9:23AM

    By Sgt. Mom


    Topics: curiosities, health, feminism, history

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 3412 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Chilaquiles Verdes for the Morning After San Patricio's Day

    MARCH 21, 2010 9:59AM

    By Linda Shiue


    Topics: music, chieftains, ry cooder, history, mexican-american war, san patricio, st. patrick's day, hangover cure, food, chilaquiles, salsa verde, skc green foods, skc green food, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 44 Ratings
    • 1776 Views
    • 56 Comments
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    Historyland! - Better Than the Real Thing

    MARCH 11, 2010 2:39PM

    By Jeff Brawer


    Topics: history, myth, recreation, vesuvius, pompeii, herculaneum, old sturbridge village, plimoth plantation, surgery, dentistry, smallpox, vermin, hygiene, cinema, jean-luc godard

    • Editor's Pick
    • 85 Ratings
    • 4469 Views
    • 102 Comments
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    Are You My Grandmother?

    MARCH 9, 2010 3:24PM

    By cartouche


    Topics: history, yad veshem, world war ii, nazis, hungary, auschwitz, holocaust, family, parents, grandmothers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 7358 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    The Dylan Files #2 - Folk Years: 1961-1964

    FEBRUARY 20, 2010 11:36PM

    By MJwycha


    Topics: bob dylan, freewheelin' bob dylan, another side of bob dylan, times they are a-changin', hard rain's a-gonna fall, with god on our side, history, music

    • Editor's Pick
    • 45 Ratings
    • 8810 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Just a dumb blonde? A new look at Eva Braun

    FEBRUARY 19, 2010 10:02AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: görtemaker, hanna reitsch, himmler, eva braun, hitler, nazis, germany, history

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 5220 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Did Hitler and Freud know each other in Vienna?

    FEBRUARY 15, 2010 10:46AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: psychoanalysis, history, vienna, art, hitler, sigmund freud

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1295 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Historic Gold Medal Win for Canada

    FEBRUARY 15, 2010 3:10AM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: kudos, men's moguls, gold medal, history, alex bilodeau, olympics, canada

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1888 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    An addendum on "The Fall of Civilizations"

    FEBRUARY 12, 2010 11:39PM

    By David Brin


    Topics: history, civilization

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