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TN Read-Along #7: A People’s History Discussion Thread
January 18, 2011 – 12:27 PM | 22 Comments
TN Read-Along #7: <I>A People’s History</I> Discussion Thread

William James, the Harvard philosopher, wrote a letter to the Boston Transcript about “the cold pot of grease of McKinley’s cant at the recent Boston banquet” and said the Philippine operation “reeked of the infernal …

Contest: Pushing 90
October 20, 2009 – 4:35 PM | 87 Comments
Contest: Pushing 90

Everybody listen up: I HAVE AWESOME MATCH NEWS.
Bulletin #1: The Great And Powerful Asirda is so impressed (and touched) by your accomplishments thus far that she’s become inspired to increase the amount of her next …