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Archives for April 19, 2010

Late fines for George Washington?

And now, for something a little lighter: Lowering the Bar is reporting that President George Washington has almost $100,000 in book fines for a few books he forgot to return: Yet another presidential scandal broke over the weekend, as a library in New York accused George Washington of failing to return valuable library materials checked […]

Some lessons from Lincoln

With all the hubbub from the far right about returning to our roots and the Founders of the Constitution (whether you think they are crazy or not), it has occurred to me that perhaps they–the Tea Partyers, 9/12 groups, and so on–might be missing a lot of important history in the middle.  That is, all […]