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Bill Would End U.S. Ban On Visas For Those With HIV
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:21:00 -0400
This week, the Senate approved a $48 billion extension of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Included in the bill was a provision that would lift a ban, in place since 1987, on visas for people with HIV.
The Evolving Role Of The Vice President
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0400
Scott Simon talks with vice presidential scholar Joel Goldstein about why and how the role of the vice president has changed.
Political Bloggers On Left, Right Descend On Austin
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0400
Political bloggers on both ends of the political spectrum are converging on Austin, Texas, for their respective annual conferences. Both liberal and conservative activists are trying to dominate this increasingly central forum of political discourse.

The Talk of the Town

Shape-shifter
Paul Goldberger Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Architects don’t usually hold elaborate press conferences to announce their new designs. But David Fisher is not a typical architect, and not only because he goes by the honorific “Dr.” Fisher, who was born in Tel Aviv fifty-nine years ago, is based in Florence, and believes that he has . . .
Isn’t It Romantic?
Rebecca Mead Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The plot of “The Romantics,” a new novel by Galt Niederhoffer, unfolds during the weekend wedding of Lila Hayes, a blond, beautiful, witty, and wealthy Yale graduate, and her former classmate Tom McDevon, a handsome, charming, social-climbing cipher. The book’s heroine--the clever, ill-at-ease, Brooklyn-dwelling Laura . . .
H-bloo On A-rod
Ben McGrath Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Shortly before his regular teatime, one day last week, the Yale literature professor Harold Bloom found an occasion to consider the plight of his beloved Yankees, as they approached the All Star break in third place, and of their star third baseman, Alex Rodriguez. “The poor fellow, you know he’s . . .

 

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Confederation of the Polish Nobility - Founded in 1995 to organize and represent the noble estate and to promote and conserve the cultural heritage, material and spiritual, of Polish chivalry. Includes basic facts about the organization and Polish chivalry.
Meta Description: [ Association organizing noblemen of former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Also on the website: Verbum Nobile - Journal of Noble Society, Signum Nobile - Heraldic Art Studio, articles and materials concerning noble culture, traditions, history, genealogy, heraldry and temporary matters; and much m... ]

Corpo della Nobilta Sammarinese - Association of the Nobility of San Marino - Discusses the organization and titles. [Italian/English]
Meta Description: [ SITO UFFICIALE DEL CORPO DELLA NOBILTà SAMMARINESE - Official Homepage of the Nobility Association of San Marino ]

French Law and Unofficial Orders - A discussion of the laws in France dealing with practices of unrecognized orders.

Great Orders of Chivalry - Includes information on extant orders, religious and secular, with a special focus on legitimacy.

International Knightly Order of Saint George - Canadian Priory - Aims assist the needy. Includes history, insignia and knights of the order.
Meta Description: [ The Aims of the Order are to assist the needy, both mentally and materially, and to uphold the Chivalric Code of Prowess, Justice, Loyalty, Defense, Courage, Faith and Hulility. Includes history, insignia and knights of the order. ]

Italian Law and Unofficial Orders - A discussion of laws in Italy regarding unrecognized orders.

Knighthood and Orders of Chivalry - Includes introduction to knighthood, medieval women and orders, general and order-specific historical information and an essay on the legitimacy of orders.

500 Society of the Golden Fleece - Association of those interested in the Order of the Golden Fleece. Includes history, insignia and knights of the order.

404 Sovereign as 'Fountain of Honour': Knighthood - Discusses the nature and history of knighthood in the United Kingdom and gives information about UK orders.

The Order of the Good Knights - A modern Order dedicated to reviving the ancient ideals of knighthood. Founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1999. Overview, member list, creed, message board, and chat.
Meta Description: [ The Order of the Good Knights is a modern Order of knighthood dedicated to reviving the ancient ideals of knighthood - striving towards the Good, defending the weak and innocent, upholding loyalty, truth and honour - and bringing these ideals into our troubled modern world. ]