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Hey 19!
It is a Steely Dan song, but it also happens to be the number of the amendment that gave women the right to vote 90 years ago. I hope you made your voice heard yesterday. Way back on August 18, 1920,...
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Oh, and Happy Evacuation Day
He's open!: During an Evacuation Day celebration in 2008 on Wall Street, George Washington patiently waits for someone to pass him the ball. Photo: Mike Skliar Thanksgiving happens to coincide this...
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Can you celebrate secession without celebrating slavery?
Can you celebrate secession without celebrating slavery? That question seems to be the core tension surrounding the upcoming celebrations of the American Civil War’s 150-year anniversary. The New York...
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Jews who went to the gymnasium (or the real history of Hanukkah)
Hanukkah came early this year, beating Christmas out by a good 24 days. For me — and I think for a lot of other Jewish people — Hanukkah really only became big because it happens to fall close to...
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Was the Roman Empire a victim of climate change?
Is the decline of the Roman empire partially attributable to climate change? A new study published in the journal Science suggests it might be, and the researchers behind the study are quick to hint...
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A couple of pawns in a historic game of chess
While politicians are busy mining the intellectual works of the Founding Fathers for evidence to support their agendas, archaeologists in Virginia have uncovered actual physical evidence of how one...
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‘Our Sputnik moment’: Then and now
The March 24, 1958 cover of Life magazine. Photo: Getty In the introduction to tonight’s special hour on education, a show we’re calling “Ahead of the Class,” Jon Meacham briefly quotes from a Life...
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A founding father’s books discovered in Missouri library
Researchers announced Monday that 74 volumes in the rare books collection at the Washington University in St. Louis originally belonged to none other than Thomas Jefferson, our country’s third...
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Bloomsday, I said yes
Happy Bloomsday in Dublin, 2007! Photo: Flickr/Ted Rheingold James Joyce enthusiasts – as well as fans of drinking, swimming and running – around the world are celebrating the 107th anniversary of...
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Romney pushed for individual mandate in Mass., emails show
A bound copy of the 2006 Mass. health care law sits next to Mitt Romney in his official governor's portrait. An interesting article appeared in the Wall Street Journal today on Mitt Romney’s work to...
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