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When Will GOP Leaders Denounce the Pyromaniacs?

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: 1960s, Faux News, Rightwing Extremists, Lady Bird Johnson, Fox News, Kennedy Assassination, Glenn Beck, Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, Republican Party, Barack Obama, John Birch Society, Obama Assassination Threat, Extremism, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

The parallels between the hate speech of the early 1960s and today are numerous and disturbing. But there are also important differences. So, where does the Republican leadership stand on playing with matches?

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Michelle Obama, First Ladies and African-American History

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 03.28.2009 | Style

Read More: White House, Michelle Obama, African-Americans, Lou Hoover, Jacqueline Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Obama Administration, Frances Cleveland, Barack Obama, Mary Lincoln, First Ladies, Nellie Taft, Louisa Adams, Black History Month, Jane Pierce, Abraham Lincoln, Lady Bird Johnson, John Quincy Adams, Mamie Eisenhower, Abigail Fillmore, Florence Harding, Women's History Month, Style News
Carl Sferrazza Anthony

There were few powerful women in mid-19th century America who more vigorously pressed the case first for abolition and then for the education, housing, and welfare of freed African-American slaves than did Mrs. Lincoln.

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Tip #6 for Our 44th President: Listen to Your Mother-In-Law

Emily Main | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Saving, Barack Obama, Organic Gardens, First Ladies, Energy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Abigail Adams, Green Living, Laura Bush, 60 Minutes, Vegetables, Lou Hoover, Food, Lady Bird Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Gardening, Parents, Green News
Emily Main

In honor of these wise women, we've compiled a list of some of the nation's former First Ladies (and grandmothers and mothers-in-law) and their contributions to a better planet.

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Race at 150 mph? Sure.

Lea Lane | Posted 12.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, George Bush, Craig T. Nelson, Dell, George Herbert Walker Bush, Molly Ivins, Lady Bird Johnson, Ann Richards, Austin, Lance Armstrong, LBJ Memorial Library, Living News
Lea Lane

When the opportunity came to partner with a race car driver around a grand-prix track at 150 miles an hour in a supercharged, ground-hugging, open to the elements hell-on-wheels speedster in Austin, Texas, I said "sure."

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