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Sad to read that Dith Pran has died of pancreatic cancer. We saw him years ago, when someone I know and I worked with groups trying to save ...

Michel Compte's fully unveiled photograph of France's First Lady ,which goes on sale as lot 0064 among photographs from the collec...

(ht Radio Netherlands ): http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7d9_1206624103 . We report, you decide... UPDATE: More info on Wikipedia. UPDATE: A...

Carl Holzman, a Google Earth artist from Chicago (scroll down) , let us know about Evert Schut's Google Earth art website in Holland. I...

It looks like when Voltaire's sentiment, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," ...

Quoi que vous fassiez, écrasez l'infâme, et aimez qui vous aime...

I had not idea that 1940 was such a good year for movies. First, City for Conquest (scroll down), now Angels Over Broadway . This noir mel...

Following the suspension of Geert Wilders' website, Jawa Report asked Network Solutions some questions about their hosting policies : I ...

Here's an item from Wikipedia: Easter, also called Pascha, is the most important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year.[1] I...

Like Navruz, Purim has Persian origins...Rabbi Alan Iser explains, in The Jewish Exponent : Alcohol is a traditional part of Purim. The Tal...

The NY Times published this photo today of Bill Clinton playing host to Chicago's Rev. Jeremiah Wright--at the White House. Why hasn...

Saw this the other night, thanks to Netflix. Incredible story, a symphony of New York. Starring Jimmy Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Anthony Quinn-...

Someone I know served on a DC jury a couple of weeks ago in a gun case. The accused, a 60-something used car salesman, had been stopped and ...

From the Globe and Mail (Canada): MONTREAL -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended his government's recognition of an independent Kos...

Info on OrexCA.com : Navruz (also called Noruz, Nowruz, Nowrooz, and Nawruz), the spring "New Year" holiday, has been celebrated f...

He calls it "A More Perfect Union" "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union." Two hundred and twenty one ye...

A friend called to let me know that Barack Obama and Dick Cheney are cousins--as are Barack Obama and George Bush : The Chicago Sun-Times re...

On our recent trip to Chicago, a fireman seated at our table for the wedding luncheon told us that, until recentlly, firemen had been chosen...

I used to work for David Horowitz , but never saw this side of him: Unlike Sarah, who until this election was pretty much a member of the Gr...