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Today in history: An occasional poem for the first night of Passover
April 3, 2015Tonight begins the Jewish festival of Passover, which celebrates the exodus of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt.
Read moreToday in environmental history: Mojave Desert spared a nuclear waste dump
April 2, 2015Ward Valley, Calif., was decided upon in 1988 as the preferred location for a nuclear waste dump to be operated by U.S. Ecology.
Read moreToday in history: A joke from the USSR for April Fools’ Day
April 1, 2015I heard the following joke in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, then part of the USSR, as was Moldavia.
Read more“The Americans”: Considering evil and electric sheep
April 1, 2015This episode largely concerns the secrets that women so often carry, some of them to the grave.
Read moreFascists at the gate in Greece
March 30, 2015Golden Dawn - with its Holocaust denial, its swastikas, and Hitler salutes - makes it look like it inhabits the fringe, but it has roots that make it dangerous.
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