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Letter About Palin Goes Viral
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:05:00 -0400
This week in Wasilla, Alaska, a woman named Anne Kilkenny sent a letter to some college friends about her former mayor, Sarah Palin. By week's end, the letter was pinging around the country and Kilkenny's phone was ringing off the hook.
Teen Sex, Sex Education And Sarah Palin
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:39:00 -0400
Gov. Sarah Palin has been a strong supporter of programs that advocate abstinence until marriage, and she also opposes explicit sex education. Alaska's law is silent on these issues, however, and it provides no specific funding for sex education in the schools.
Examining Palin's Pentecostal Background
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:00 -0400
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has electrified religious conservatives who see her as one of their own. The Republican vice presidential candidate brings evangelical credentials to the ticket and has a Pentecostal background.

The Talk of the Town

Dorothy Wickenden: An old-style, Los Angeles feminist on Obama.
Dorothy Wickenden Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Rosalind Wyman--seventy-seven years old; doughty feminist; political fund-raiser and philanthropist; hostess to J.F.K., Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, and Hollywood types too numerous to count; youngest elected member of the Los Angeles City Council (at the age of twenty-two); first woman to run a national political . . .
Lauren Collins: The Brooklyn painter Kehinde Wiley.
Lauren Collins Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The painter Kehinde Wiley first travelled to Nigeria in 1997. He was trying to find his father, whom he had never met, or, more crucially for a portraitist, seen. (His mother didn’t have any photographs.) After several weeks in Lagos, he found his dad, who welcomed him. But--like any . . .
James Surowiecki: What drives market volatility?
James Surowiecki Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
American investors are frazzled. True, oil prices have fallen from their most vertiginous highs, the dollar is a bit stronger, and the stock market has actually risen over the past month. But none of those things have happened in a smooth and steady fashion. The stock market’s “ascent,” in particular . . .

 

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Astrocartography of President Truman - Focus on how the planetary metaphor of Saturn was reflected in Truman's life and work.
Meta Description: [ Biography of President Harry Truman, focus on how the planetary metaphor of Saturn was reflected in his life and work, by renowned astrocartographer Rob Couteau. ]

Character Above All: Harry S. Truman - Provides a brief look at the character traits that made Truman great. From PBS.

Experience Kansas City - Harry S Truman - Provides a look at the leader through the eyes of his home town.

Harry S Truman - Brief biography from the official White House site.
Meta Description: [ Biography of Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third President of the United States (1945-1953). ]

Harry S Truman Commemoration - Complete biography with photographs remembers the 50th anniversary of Truman's presidency.

Harry S Truman Library and Museum - Includes museum hours, news, programs, gift shop, information on research and archive materials;
Meta Description: [ Truman Presidential Library & Museum hosts documents, photographs, virtual exhibits, audio files, oral histories, digital archives, kids page, educational information about President Harry S. Truman, and his Presidency. ]

Harry S Truman National Historic Site - Includes photograph, brief introduction, and printable travel guide.

Harry S. Truman - Provides a biography of American President Harry S. Truman. Includes his picture and a list of his Supreme Court appointments.
Meta Description: [ Harry S . Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the thirty-fourth (1945) Vice President and the thirty-third (1945 - 1953) President of the United States, succeeding to the office upon the death of Franklin Roosevelt. ]

Harry S. Truman: Inaugural Address - Complete text of the speech delivered Thursday, January 20, 1949. Includes background information.

Harry Truman and the Atomic Bombing of Japan - Brief article and links on Truman's role.
Meta Description: [ Harry Truman and the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima. ]

Harry Truman: Political Genius - A brief look at Truman's life and works.
Meta Description: [ This webpage deals with the life and works of the American President Harry S. Truman. ]

Medical History of President Harry Truman - Reviews the ills of America's 33rd President. His thick glasses may have been a result of a childhood infection.
Meta Description: [ Medical history of President Harry Truman ]

Project WhistleStop: Harry S Truman - Features original source material from the Harry S Truman Presidential Library.
Meta Description: [ Project WhistleStop has moved to http://www.trumanlibrary.org - web site of the Truman Presidential Museum & Library. The Truman Library web site now hosts the online photographs, documents, teacher lessons, games, and other materials from Project WhistleStop ]

The American President: Harry Truman - Fact file and comprehensive biographical sketch based on PBS series. Also includes gallery and quotations.
Meta Description: [ In-depth essays created by the University of Virginia on Harry S. Truman’s life and administration. ]

The Avalon Project : Truman Doctrine - Complete text of the March 12, 1947, address before a joint session of Congress.

U.S. Senate Historical Minutes: Harry Truman Visits the Senate - Tells about the historic visit the former president paid to the U.S. Senate on his 80th birthday.
Meta Description: [ Harry Truman Visits the Senate -- May 8, 1964 ]