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The Meeting and the Dinner: The Historical Significance of Today's Powwow on the Bush Bailout

Doug Kendall | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Doug Kendall

The meeting today between Bush, McCain and Obama has me thinking back to the most famous meeting among three political leaders in U.S. history.

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What Books on America Has Sarah Palin Read?

Steve Clemons | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

I think that if ABC has another shot at her, or if any other journalists get to spend any time on this uncertain gamble for the second highest office in the land, they should give her a book test.

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The John Edwards Affair: Accountability for New & Old Media?

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.08.2008 | Media

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Steve Clemons

There are many great bloggers out there who were convinced until the last moment that Edwards was truthful and that this was a conspiracy hatched by Clinton or Obama to undo him. Edwards owes these folks an apology.

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Juno's Michael Cera Re-Enacts Historical Duel Between Alexander Hamilton And Aaron Burr

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 01.24.2008 | Media

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Michael Cera, winsome young star of Juno and Superbad, recently stretched his acting muscles by portraying a famous bewigged figure from American hist...

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The Founding Celebrities

Eric Burns | Posted 11.05.2007 | Media

Read More: John Adams, Founding Fathers, Ryan Seacrest, Britney Spears, Benjamin Franklin, Fame, Alexander Hamilton, Virtue Valor and Vanity, Celebrities, Media News
Eric Burns

Alexander Hamilton was no less ambitious than Ryan Seacrest, but to Hamilton and the other Founding Fathers, fame was different then from what it is now.

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