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  • Melting Down Art and History

    Melting Down Art and History0

    After the Civil War, former North Carolina governor Zeb Vance became a U.S. senator. His Northern colleagues enjoyed his affable nature and sense of humor, and some of them invited him to Massachusetts during a break in government business. While there, Vance attended a party, and eventually required a visit to the outhouse, where his

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  • Melinda Gates’ Love Letter to the Pill

    Melinda Gates’ Love Letter to the Pill0

    “Contraceptives are the greatest life-saving, poverty-ending, women-empowering innovation ever created.” That’s the message of Melinda Gates, wife of one of the world’s richest men, in her new book The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World. In The Moment of Lift, Melinda tells the story of her philanthropic work, particularly with the Bill

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  • Mel Brooks: Political Correctness is Stupid and Killing Comedy

    Mel Brooks: Political Correctness is Stupid and Killing Comedy0

    There’s a lot of things that have changed since a little thing called “political correctness” pervaded our culture. What you can wear, what you can eat, what you can celebrate… even the history that we teach in school has been influenced by the culture of political correctness. But it’s also hampering another aspect of life

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  • Megyn Kelly: ‘I don’t like being the story.’

    Megyn Kelly: ‘I don’t like being the story.’0

    Minnesota Public Radio has announced that it will be rolling out a new investigative unit, determined to “produce investigations of national substance”. The difficulty of doing so because advertisers and other moneyed interests can pull strings, MPR readily admitted to MinnPost: In an interview that took several months to come together (MPR being a bit

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  • Meghan Markle Spent a Lot More on Clothes Than Kate in 2018. Here’s Why.

    Meghan Markle Spent a Lot More on Clothes Than Kate in 2018. Here’s Why.0

    Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, is enjoying the perks of royalty and it has come back to bite her. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will attend the @RoyalVariety Performance at the London Palladium on Monday 19th November. #RoyalVarietyPerformance #Variety4Charity pic.twitter.com/oc26pWfbba — Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) November 13, 2018 Each year, royal fashion blog UFOnomore releases

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  • Meghan Markle and the Quest to Build a Welcoming Home

    Meghan Markle and the Quest to Build a Welcoming Home28

    In an age when Americans are increasingly polarized, there’s something fascinating about the way Meghan Markle – the ex-actress, British duchess, and now Cali-girl extraordinaire – seems to unite us. No matter what poor Markle does, she always seems to leave many Americans with the idea that she’s a clueless pseudo-elite, eager to tell us

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