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As I wrote yesterday, despite the Federalist Party’s portrayal of John Adams as a better Christian than Thomas Jefferson, the two men’s faiths were rather similar. Neither believed in the…

Here is what you will be making…Enjoy! The basics. Fold your paper length wise and unfold again so you have a center crease.? Woot! Some more basic folding Use the classic folding style and…

For our first visit to Pop’s Italian Beef & Sausage one recent Saturday afternoon, my family members reached out for those foods with which they were familiar.

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OK, this is awesome. The New York Times (whose infographics really are second to none) put together an index of searches from Allrecipes.com that maps out where queries…

‘World’s strongest’ beer with 32% strength launched.
A warning on the label states: “This is an extremely strong beer; it should be enjoyed in small servings and with an air of aristocratic…

Words and Image by: Guy Shechter Umphrey’s McGee (S2) :: 11.13 :: Higher Ground :: Burlington, VT Jake Cinninger - UM :: 11.13 :: Burlington, VT The third of Umphrey’s McGee’s improvisational Stew…

(CelebrityAccess MediaWire) Members of the touring industry warn that stricter enforcement of U.S. immigration regulations could interfere with the U.S. touring plans of international artists….

Wilkie Collins’s novel caused unprecedented excitement when it appeared in 1859, and has not lost its capacity to thrill

One hundred and fifty years ago this week, Victorian readers opened…

Our series of oblique angles on the muscial decade continues, with a look at how hip-hop’s vigour and invention at the start of the noughties made the last five years of rap seem stale

A month…

I was listen to the radio as we were coming to the lab this morning, and one of the things that caught my ear was a quick mention of collective nouns. Now these are instances where there is a…

In an exclusive extract from his new book, John Cassidy explains why the huge salaries of Wall Street bosses created a culture that helped trigger the financial crisis

Economics, when you…

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With Bley on keybords, Steve Swallow on bass & the Partyka Brass Quintet. Good stuff. Not “Christmas jazzed up” but traditional and familiar tunes played with respect and style….

Bristlecone pine trees dot the White Mountains in eastern California, giving the stark and rocky landscape one of its few highly visible signs of life. These gnarly-barked trees can survive at…