June 2011
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Jun 29th
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West Virginia Mine Owners Misled Inspectors →
Jun 29th
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History Cookbook →
Jun 27th
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Seed Savers: Cultivating History  →
Jun 27th
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When Country Was King of Southern California →
Jun 27th
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House vs. Home – Battle of the Pizza Pies « Austin... →
Jun 27th
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Jun 27th
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An Ode to Using Profanity in Literature →
…I live in New York, which surely deserves the prize for most foulmouthed city in the nation. (You Chicagoans can go fuck yourselves.) Profanity flows from New Yorkers as the East River flows into the sea: constant, filthy, strangely magnificent. It’s not just our ability to cuss each other out; it’s the blasé and cheerful vulgarity of everyday speech. I was once in a packed midtown...
Jun 26th
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Jun 25th
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Jun 25th
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Jun 25th
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In Rural America, a Push to End Crop Subsidies →
Jun 24th
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The Art of Nonfiction No. 3, John McPhee →
Jun 24th
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Jun 24th
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Jun 24th
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The Haunting of Rick Perry →
Should Gov. Rick Perry of Texas enter the 2012 presidential race, he would enjoy a strange and remarkable escort — the irrepressible ghost of Cameron Todd Willingham.
Jun 24th
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Pulitzer Prize Winning Jose Antonio Vargas: My... →
Jun 23rd
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Jun 23rd
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Jun 23rd
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Summer Cocktails With Three or Less Ingredients →
Jun 23rd
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Dishwashers Provide Habitat for 'Extremotolerant'... →
Jun 21st
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“Like teaching cursive writing—which many schools are abandoning—memorizing...”
– Susan Orlean on why you can’t Google history
Jun 17th
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The thoroughly American soul of John Brown  →
Jun 17th
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Balanced Diets - Lapham’s Quarterly →
Geophagy.
Jun 17th
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Jun 17th
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Hey, Vilsack: Big Ag won’t feed the world or make... →
Jun 17th
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Break-Up Poems: The End of Love, in Food. by Ellen... →
1. I want to eat all the tacos. Tacos will never taste good again.
Jun 17th
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What is a lagerphone? →
Jun 17th
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Improved Conditions for Florida Tomato-Harvest... →
Jun 17th
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Jun 16th
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Jun 16th
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U.S. Students Stumble Over Basics of History →
Thanks again, No Child Left Behind, for making sure that only math and reading make the curriculum.
Jun 16th
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Spotlighting the work of women in the civil rights... →
Jun 13th
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Jun 12th
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Today A Man Touched Me On The Subway And So I Hit... →
Jun 10th
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Jun 10th
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Empty trash. Buy milk. Forge history.  →
To trace the great arcs of civilization, historians tap the humble list.
Jun 10th
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Jun 10th
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Cicada: It's what's for dinner - Columbia... →
Jun 10th
Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do? →
Jun 6th
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Jun 6th
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Jun 6th
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Jun 6th
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The History of a Cheap Dress →
Jun 6th
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Jun 6th