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Today in history: The Lusitania is torpedoed and sinks 100 years ago
May 7, 2015The British passenger liner Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat 18 miles off the Irish coast.
Read moreBewitched: America’s Puritan past – and present
May 7, 2015"Abigail/1702" reminds us of America's primal sins and psychoses, and ponders the deeply reactionary side of U.S. history.
Read moreToday in history: Centennial of radical artist Orson Welles
May 6, 2015On this date in 1915, the director and title role star of the classic 1941 film "Citizen Kane" was born.
Read moreCinco de Mayo, USA-style
May 5, 2015One of my great-grandfathers was helping organize Cinco de Mayo events in Tucson by the early 1880s.
Read moreJudge recognizes personhood of chimpanzee plaintiff
May 5, 2015A large variety of species show a propensity for mutually supportive social behavior, few more than chimpanzees and other apes and monkeys.
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