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Bel Kaufman Is 101 and Still Writing

Joan Gage | Posted 09.26.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Vogue, Jewish Humor, Fiddler on the Roof, Bel Kaufman, Sholem Aleichem, New York Times, Russian Revolution, Up the Down Staircase, Crone of the Week, Fifty News
Joan Gage

I was thrilled to find an article by 101-year-old Bel Kaufman in Vogue's "Age Issue" and to learn that she's as witty and wise and defiant of the status quo as ever.

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Controversial Art Maven Dasha Zhukova's 'Art Island' On WSJ

Posted 07.24.2011 | Arts
Read More: Andy Warhol, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Soviet Realist Art, WSJ Magazine, Roman Abramovich, Russian Revolution, Moscow, Art Market, Billionaires, New Holland, Russian Oligarch, Painting, Art Collectors, Dasha Zhukova, Arts News

Huffpost Arts is privileged to offer an exclusive sneak peek at the upcoming WSJ. Magazine feature on Russian arts maven Dasha Zhukova. For an olig...

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Of Teachers and History: A Brooklyn Memoir

Virginia Sanchez-Korrol | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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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The Sorry History of Compromise

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: History, Russian Revolution, Obama, Republicans, Tax Cuts, Compromise, Kerensky, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

I get it. President Obama's secret hope was to leave a legacy as "The Great Unifier." But compromise generally sucks, Mr. President. Shall we count how many Indian tribes compromised?

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