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Free Will Astrology: April 24-30, 2013

Free Will Astrology: January 30-February 5, 2013

Slave Plantation Hawks "Day of Pure Chocolate Indulgence At Monticello," Proudly Extolls "Chocolate Was a Favorite of Jefferson's"

Straight from the files of "Historical Shit That Can't Be Made Up," we woke up this morning to a pretty unbelievable email from the Thomas Jefferson Foundation with the subject line, "Taste: Chocolate at Monticello." Oh my, we thought, before opening it. Surely someone in TJ's PR office might be s ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: January 18 through 24, 2011

Bloomberg Schools Flunk the Constitution

We're raising a generation that doesn't know its rights

Vignettes for the Apocalypse V--Bloody Hell!

At least that's the goal in this Kraine fest

MOMMA'S BOY

If he only had the nerve

What Obama Could Learn From Paterson

Lame-duck governor's inspiring words in defense of liberty

What's Happening This Week: A Pig Roast; Mediterranean Cheese

As many of you know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Tuesday Pig Roasts Hearth July 6-August 24 Hearth's Tuesday Pig Roasts return this summer, starting today and running through August 24. The cost is $44 (not in ... More >>

America's 5 Greatest Foodie Presidents

​President Obama doesn't make the list--the word is still out--though he seems to be showing promising enthusiasm for this peach. (credit: Democratic National Committee) It's too early to predict whether Barack Obama is going to be one of our greatest foodie presidents, though the signs are g ... More >>

Rightbloggers Find New Texas School Curriculum a Boon to Re-Education

The Texas Board of Education accepted this week, on a preliminary basis, the recommendations of conservative advisors to make the state's textbooks read more like Glenn Beck transcripts. They'd been working at this awhile. Earlier this year, conservatives had advised changing the Texas science c ... More >>

A Founding Father Prowls the Ohio Theatre Stage in Red-Haired Thomas

More Flight 1549 Porn

Here's the highlight reel of a Con Ed surveillance tape of US Airways Flight 1459 going down on the Hudson River. You can see the first moments of the plane in the water, people filing onto the wings (which from this distance looks rather calm and orderly) and rescuers from the New York Waterways ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: January 21 through 28

Why the Mormons Hate the Gays

Sietsema: A Short History of the Eggplant

LL Cool J Eats His Own Lunch, and a Few Other Things

The Next American Revolution: When It Becomes Necessary To Bring King George to Justice

When, in the course of human events, it can't wait any longer

Free Will Astrology: August 13 to 19

Horoscope

Anything to Declare?

Hentoff on the Tasering of the First Amendment

The Frying Game

Extending the deep-fat frontiers on Carmine Street

Past Food Nation

Molly O'Neill wrangles 250 years of appealing mealing

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Investigating Race

San Francisco Company brings ghosts out of the closet

Freedom Booze

What did our Founding Fathers Get Wasted On?

Third American Revolution

Chancellor Joel Klein's plan to turn students into active citizens for the Constitution

Revolutionary

American Bender

American Way, Naked Supremes in Daily Show's Faux Textbook

Horoscope

Charlottesville Family Values Give True-Schoolers a Tasty Meal, Cause for Hope

Big Plan on Campus

As Its 250th Birthday Approaches, Columbia University Hits Its Stride

100th Civil Liberties Safe Zone!

Hawaii Is the First State to Defy Ashcroft

Map Quest

Crossing Swords With General Ashcroft

Where Is Our Bill of Rights Defense Committee?

What the Geezer Saw

Church and State Separation in Crisis

Does God Need Tax Money to Teach?

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Dream On

Bodies Politic

The City Game

New York’s Greatest High School Hoops Stars

Newsday's Dumbest Editorial

The 'Honor' of Working at the White House Requires Total Loyalty

A Most Dangerous Woman

Before the DNA, there was Sally Hemings, The Novel

Grave Matters at Monticello

American Family Reunions

Letters