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Is New Jersey Governor Chris Christie the One Being Groomed for 2016?

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Medicare Cuts, Bill Clinton, Primaries, Republican Primary, President Bill Clinton, Chris Christie, Social Security, President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney 2012, Gop 2012, George W. Bush, Gov. Mitt Romney, Gop Primary 2012, Hoover Institute, Paul Ryan Medicare, Gov. Chris Christie, Stanford University, Working Class, Politics News
Michelle Kraus

Hmm, if the GOP intelligentsia keeps ruminating on Christie we may see more of this new, improved, thoughtful Chris Christie making the rounds before 2016.

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Of Teachers and History: A Brooklyn Memoir

Virginia Sanchez-Korrol | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's History Month, Ella Wolfe, Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Trotsky, Bertram D. Wolfe, Hunter College, City College, Columbia University, Stanford University, Bay Ridge High School, New York Public Schools, Brooklyn New York, Brooklyn Heights, Russian Revolution, American Communist Movement, Labor Movement, Hoover Institute, Spanish Teacher, Mexico, New York News
Virginia Sanchez-Korrol

I'm often struck by the fact that although everybody has one, a history that is, one's individual stories are seldom considered to be connected to "history."

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FBI Files: Solzhenitsyn Lived in Fear After Exile

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hoover Institute, Kgb, Stanford University, The Gulag Archipelago, Fbi, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, World News
NYCity News Service

Soviet dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn lived in fear of the KGB for years after his exile from the Soviet Union -- even as the FBI was secretly watching him, newly disclosed documents reveal.

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Would You Rather Be Called a Slut or Fat?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Discrim, Reddit, Fat Shaming, Food Porn, Hoover Institute, Eating Disorders, Nadya Suleman, Obesity, Healthy Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

In an interesting switch, food and sex have completely reversed their roles in society. And all within only a matter of two generations.

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John Judis at Hoover Institution: Democratic Majority for Decades?

Natasha Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hoover Institute, Herbert Hoover, Depression, Obama, Stanford University, Democratic Party, Recession, John Judis, Obama Transition, Politics News
Natasha Chen

In the process of fixing the country's problems, Obama has the chance to solidify a Democratic majority for decades to come.

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