In the 106 years since it was invented, the cuddly teddy bear has become a bellwether of capitalism.
The plush toy was pioneered by Steiff, the German company that claims it made the first bear with moveable arms and legs in 1902.
The mohair and felt
ASPEN, Colorado The power of the president was under the microscope Thursday at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
John Yoo, a University of California at Berkeley law professor and former Justice Department official under George W. Bush, debated presidential
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Friends: For the record, and Snooper can attest to this, I requested of my blogging partners and contributors that we set aside our 'debate' (more like a food fight, but whatever) for a day and enjoy the
Exactly 100 years ago today, a crowd of 2,000 people gathered near the entrance to the Carnegie Library in Oakland to dedicate a memorial to Pittsburgh political leader Christopher Lyman Magee.
The memorial, depicting a noble woman holding an
Hopefully, on July 4 we will never celebrate dependence day! About the time our original 13 states began ratifying their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the
In
June 2006, U.S. District Court Judge Blanche M. Manning ruled to seize Persian
antiquities on loan to the University of Chicago's and Chogha Mish collection at
the Oriental Institute, as well as the Herzfeld collections kept in the Field
museum in
Before heading out to claim your spot to view the night sparklers, there are plenty of spectacular daytime activities to enjoy this holiday. Here are some ideas:
If it doesn't make you queasy to watch grown people stuff their face, it's an annual
“The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic — the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done.”
Those are famous words of President
Buchanan is correct on all counts. His book represents a counterattack in
the necessary war, the war to introduce Americans to genuine history. At present,
most Americans know only a comic-book version of history, one in which Germany
deliberately
BILLINGS, Mont. - Two conservation groups have asked the federal government to impose new restrictions on oil and gas development in the West to protect the greater sage grouse, a popular game bird on the decline.
Scientists contend sage grouse