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Feb 3 2010

Wandering through time into our ancestors' attic.

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Feb 1 2010

Isolated and expansive at the same time.

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Jan 30 2010

The peculiar power of the press in America . . . what is the role of the [...] »

Jan 27 2010

Fratricide and allied questions. In the heat of battle, mistakes happen.

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Jan 26 2010

Forcing the issue in Bleeding Kansas. The Lecompton Constitution, slavery, [...] »

Jan 26 2010

How many presidents have applied for and received patents?

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Jan 18 2010

T Roosevelt: "Let us pay with our bodies for our souls' desire."

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Jan 14 2010

How did the Alamo happen?

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Dec 17 2009

How did women suffer no suffrage through the 14th Amendment?

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Nov 18 2009

Old Hickory's hard currency—what are useful focal points in Jacksonian-era [...] »