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Of Columbus Day and Crosses

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Crosses, Religion, George Washington, Christopher Columbus, Antonin Scalia, Touro Synagogue, Founding Fathers, Fort Matanzas, Christianity, New England, Separation of Church and State, Politics News

The litany of sectarian killings that has been such a grotesque piece of America's "hidden history" is the reason that some of the Framers thought the First Amendment was so necessary.

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Forensic Accountants Dig Through George Washington's Financial Records

Washington Post | Joel Achenbach | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Papers of George Washington, History, Mount Vernon, Accounting, George Washington, Washington, Forensic Accountants, Financial Records, Uva, Business News

One day in 1791, President George Washington received a bill for 60 pounds, 1 shilling and 7 pence from his physician friend James Craik, who regularl...

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The Hanged Census Worker: Why Appalachia Hates Feds

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Whiskey Rebellion, Barter System, Stockholder, Marijuana, Prohibition, Feds, Newport, Civil War, Infrastructure, Moonbow, Grass, Occupational Safety, Nancy Pelosi, Environmental Movements, Coal Mine, Right to Vote, Mohawk, Lawless, Bill Tweed, Boss System, Indefeasible, Beverly Hillbillies, Hung, Ca, Louisville, George Washington, Appalachian, Civic, Tennessee, Census Worker, Mountaintop Removal, New York City Boss William Tweed, Civil Rights, Census Taker, Mystery, Kentucky Constitution, Second American Revolution, Food Safety, Pot, U.S. Constitution, Pittsburgh, Public School System, Declaration of Independence, Indiana Constitution, Cumberland Plateau, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Inalienable, Daniel Boone National Forest, Bill Sparkman, Bluegrass, Ohio, Slavery, Lexington, Illinois, Coalmine, Federal Agents, Women’s, Appalachia, Hemp, Public Health, Daniel Boone U.S. Congress, Irish Immigrants, Democracy, Middle Class Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania, Mountain, Capitalism, Bossism, Meth, Consumer, Murder, Labor, Southeastern Kentucky, Prison, Oxycontin, Big Coal, 1791, Fbi, Self-Organizing, Indiana, Hanged, Politics News

The U.S. government began its life back in 1791 by shafting the Appalachian area. People have not forgotten it, perhaps because it has yet to stop happening.

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77 Percent Of Oklahoma High School Students Can't Name The First President Of The U.S.

News9.com | Posted 09.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Oklahoma, United States, George Washington, Home News

Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students can name the first President of the United States, according to a survey released today....

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Which Kennedy Was Moses? John or Ted?

Bruce Feiler | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, Moses, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Healthcare, Politics News

Ted Kennedy was called the Moses of Health Care. This analogy was also used frequently on the death of other great American figures.

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Bible Story: Obama Awards "Moses" Presidential Medal of Freedom

Bruce Feiler | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King, Joshua Generation, George Washington, Mayflower, Bible, George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, Pilgrims, Moses, Harriet Tubman, Barack Obama, Exodus, Politics News

Obama is not the first president to connect the American spirit to the story of Moses: Washington compared the Revolution to the Exodus; Jefferson quoted Moses in his second inaugural.

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Strange Bedfellow

Suz Redfearn | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Pillow, Constipation, Poop, George Washington, Siblings, Mystery, Mom, Dream, Dog, Sleep, Living News

The event happened decades ago, but the memory remains terribly vivid. I awoke suddenly, alone, in my mom's dimly lit bedroom in the middle of a blustery South Florida night.

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Alexander Hamilton: Unclaimed Son to Founding Father

Allison Rockefeller | Posted 08.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Aaron Burr, American Revolution, Alexander Hamilton, New York, George Washington, Thirteen Colonies, American History, New York City, New York History, New York City History, New York News

Hamilton arrived in 1773 and began his stunning ascent in a whirlwind, epic tale of crisis and opportunity, from unclaimed son to Founding Father. Doesn't New York set the greatest stage for this kind of story?

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George Washington: The Dignity and the Slavery

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oped Column, David Brooks, New York Times, Obama, Sanford, George Washington, Palin, Slavery, Politics News

In his catalog of Washington's public virtues and civility, David Brooks neglected to mention that George Washington owned, bought and sold his fellow human beings.

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David Brooks: Obama "May Revitalize The Concept Of Dignity"

The New York Times | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Brooks, The New York Times, Brooks, President Barack Obama, Dignity, Obama, Capitalism, George Washington, Culture, Politics News

Americans still admire dignity. But the word has become unmoored from any larger set of rules or ethical system. But it's not right to end on a note...

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Honor Our Hemp-Raising Patriot Heroes

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 08.03.2009 | Green

Read More: California-to-Legalize-Marijuana, Pot, Hemp, Marijuana, George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Green News

For rope, paper, clothing, food, fuel -- hemp has been a critical crop for cash and survival for 6,000 years. Today it contributes billions of dollars to the German, Canadian and Chinese economies.

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Pursuing Happiness (Part 2) Declaration 101

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Declaration of Independence, 4th of July, Thomas Jefferson, National Archives, George Washington, Living News

"Inalienable" or "unalienable"? Jefferson's drafts shows he wrote "inalienable." The parchment and printed versions use "unalienable."

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Fathers Matter "Now" More Than Ever

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Poverty, Rape, Jerry Lewis, Crime, Single Mothers, Gloria Steinem, Politically Correct, Thomas Jefferson, Sigmund Freud, Male Influence, Gen Robert E Lee, Bill Cosby, Father's Day, Barack Obama, Fatherless Boys, Pragmatic, Mental Illness, Charles Manson, Clinton, Child Abuse, George Washington, Lee Harvey Oswald, Pop-Psyche Culture, Fatherless Children, Billy the Kid, Jack the Ripper, Nario Cuomo, Mark Twain, Happy Father's Day, Living News

Male influence in a child's life is invaluable, irreplaceable and necessary for most of us. There, I said it.

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Twittering Through American History

Ben Fractenberg | Posted 07.10.2009 | Comedy

"The British are coming! OMG! Wake up the militia! Sound the church bells! Update your Facebook status!"

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Bachmann Uses Fake George Washington Prayer to Bash Obama

Chris Rodda | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Historical Revisionism, Michele Bachmann, George Washington, American History, Randy Forbes, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Politics News

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann spit out a few more bits of historical hogwash, including a fake George Washington prayer, to bash the president.

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Might the Obamas Restore Lost White House Glory?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.29.2009 | Style

Read More: Chandilers, Theodore Roosevelt, Blue Room, Jacqueline Kennedy, East Room, Red Room, Stephane Boudin, Green Room, Barack Obama, James Archer Abbott, Senator Arlen Specter, White House State Dinner, Yellow Room, George Washington, Curtains, White House Garden, Decor, Mead & White, White House Swing Set, President Truman, Antiques, White House Decoration, Michelle Obama Style, Kennedys, Mckim, Style News

To date the Obamas' most noticeable change to their new home outside has been to install a de-luxe swing-set near the President's office. How have past administrations redecorated?

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Torture Revelations Will Leave the Left Frustrated

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

The most likely outcome of this whole business will be that nobody will be punished.

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How I Learned To Be Super Successful

Dave Hill | Posted 05.24.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Success, Dave Hill, Bus Station, Pants, Bjorn Borg, George Washington, Drinking, Albert Einstein, Comedy News

Success--will we ever really understand it? Probably not, but as long as we're on the topic, it wouldn't kill you to put on a pair of pants.

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Lucky Diamond and President Obama's Dog Naming Political Party

Wendy Diamond | Posted 04.04.2009 | Living

Read More: CBS Greatest American Dog, Merriam Webster, Portuguese Water Dog, White House, www.animalfair.com., Calvin Coolidge, George Washington, President Bush, First Lady Michelle Obama, Clamity Jane, Abraham Lincoln, Today Show, Www.Petsmart.com, Obama, King Kole, Adoption, Living News

According to Mrs. Obama, the only thing still up in the air is the presidential pooch's name. What's in a name anyway?

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Obama's Cure For America? Only Time Will Tell

Andy Ostroy | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Keynesian Economics, President Obama, George Washington, Rush Limbaugh, Stimulus Bill, Ronald Reagan, Sean Hannity, Bobby Jindal, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Geirge Bush, Supply-Side Econmics, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Budget Bill, Fdr, Politics News

What a political week it was. We watched as Obama addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time; defended his $787-billion stimulus plan; and presented his massive $3.6-trillion budget.

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A Tribute To George Washington, Coke Doer And Cannibal

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: President's Day, History, Creased Comics, Comics, Funny Videos, Washington, Cox and Combes, George Washington Cartoon, President's Day Cartoon, Proffesor Brothers, George Washington, Comedy News

Yeah, ok, George Washington didn't actually eat the brains of his foes, but this video's pretty awesome anyway. We resurrected it to help you celebrat...

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George Washington, Carver

Ross Hyzer | Posted 03.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Funny Videos, George Washington Carver, George Washington, George Washington Carver Video, Black History Month, Funny George Washington Video, George Washington Video, Comedy News

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Martha Washington Redux: America's First MILF

Warren Holstein | Posted 03.10.2009 | Comedy

Hold on to your hats folks or at least your iPod earbuds, Martha Washington was actually a babe! Also, she avidly consumed Gothic romance novels. Me-ow!

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President Obama and Shades of George W (Washington not Bush)

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: President's Day, Leadership, Obama, Succession, Mark Goulston, George Washington, Politics News

In anticipation of President's Day, we are struck by how President Obama is not just leading in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln but also in the spirit of George Washington.

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Dear Obama and Gov. Manchin: Act on Coal River Crisis

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Dirty Coal, Coal, Carol Browner, Renewable Energy, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Mountaintop Removal, Black History Month, Stephen Chu, Big Coal, Civil Disobedience, Barack Obama, Wind Energy, Joe Manchin, Epa, Lisa Jackson, Green News

The mechanization of above-ground mountaintop removal has prevented a diverse economy and led to a decrease in coal mining jobs in some of the highest poverty stricken strip-mining areas.

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