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Recent
- Reading List of the Day: Sustainability (April 2010)
- Reading List: Natural Gas Drilling Edition
- Review of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Allegheny Riverfront Park
- Readings for 16 March 2010
- Fatima Cigarette Ad from Dragnet
- Reading of the Day 14 March 2010
- Photo of the Day: Honey Bee Visiting a Red Clover Flower
- Readings of the Day 12 March 2010
- Economic Inequality Matters
- Photo of the Day: Hillary Clinton During the 2008 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Current Events Archive
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2009 Salary Survey for Historians
Posted on March 10, 2010 | No CommentsThe College and University Personnel Association — HR (CUPA-HR) 2009 salary survey unsurprisingly shows salaries for academic historians have remained relatively flat over the past year. Overall, there’s slight annual... -
Friends of Wilderness Battlefield Receives Historic Preservation Award
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsFor its advocacy in protecting and restoring historic Ellwood Manor, the Friends of Wilderness Battlefield, a civil war preservation, advocacy, and education non-profit received the Chairman’s Award for achievement in historic preservation... -
Review of ECONned by Yves Smith
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsOutsourced to James Kwak of the excellent Baseline Scenario blog who writes that Yves Smith in ECONned : describes how trading in CDOs built out of mortgage-backed securities drove mortgage... -
Assassination plot targeting Obama disrupted
Posted on October 27, 2008 | No CommentsMany, many people from both sides of the aisle I’ve talked to over the course of this campaign saw this coming. Likely the first of several: WASHINGTON (AP) – The... -
873,000 Arrested For Pot
Posted on September 16, 2008 | No CommentsFrom Andrew Sullivan: A new record. Give the drug warriors four more years and I’m sure they can break a new one. Remember: McCain opposes medical marijuana even for the...
