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FILTER RESULTS ►Analyzing Utah Jazz's Biggest Draft Needs
The Utah Jazz are at the beginning of a monumentally important offseason for the state of the franchise. However, with two first-round draft picks and tons of cap space, they are set up to make this offseason a productive one. Utah has roughly $25.6 million committed to the roster next season. Show More Summary
More Than a Blue-Chip QB Recruit, Christian Hackenberg Is Penn State's Savior
A player who has yet to walk out of the tunnel for the first time, let alone participate in his first college practice, is already proving to be a monumental commitment to a program in desperate need. And although quarterback Christian...Show More Summary
Petition to remove stone carving of confederacy stirs debate
It's either a piece of state history, or a blight and an embarrassment. Two football fields wide, the monument at Georgia's Stone Mountain depicts the only president of the confederate states, Jefferson Davis, along with generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. According to the local NBC station 11 Alive, the Georgia carving, the largest [...]
AM News: 30 Years After Monumental "A Nation at Risk" Report, Educators Debate the State of Schools
30 Years On, Educators Still Divided On Scathing Schools Report NPR: But Ron Wolk, who had just started the publication Education Week, says the report had a fatal flaw: It pretty much ignored the plight of poor, minority kids. "It kind...Show More Summary
We Need a National Monument to Survivors of Sexual Violence
This past year, rape has dominated the headlines. From front-page coverage of the Penn State trials to Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment to international outcry about gang rape in India to national focus on Steubenville, talking about rape—a long-silenced topic—is finally a mainstream conversation. Show More Summary
Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE…
Monument to a Dirtbag
The media will be fixated tomorrow on the opening of the $250 million ("Just put it on someone's credit card, we'll pay for it later") George W. Bush Terrible President Library at Southern Methodist University. Show More Summary
MiG Monuments: Former Soviet States Commend A Cold War Icon
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In the decades following World War Two, tens of thousands of jet aircraft were manufactured to fight a war that thankfully stayed relatively cold. So it's no wonder that a lot of jets developed byShow More Summary
THE PLIGHT OF A MILLION BATS
By Barry Zander, Edited by Monique Zander, the Never-Bored RVers Another spontaneous detour on our 6-month journey across America took us to Russell Cave National Monument just over the state line from Chattanooga outside of Bridgeport, Alabama. The “why” to visit there: it’s “an archaeological site with one of the most complete records of prehistoric cultures [...]
5 new national monuments.
Honoring: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad for escaping slaves. Charles Young and the Buffalo Soldiers. The Rio Grande del Norte in New Mexico. The San Juan Islands off Washington State. The state of Delaware. Delaware is my home state, so I'm pleased to see: First State National Monument in Delaware. Show More Summary
Palestinian Authority Hides Anti-Israel Monument from Obama
Last November, Palestinians erected “the State Monument” in Bethlehem, a rock carving that shows the state of Palestine covering the entire state of Israel, representing the complete elimination of the Jewish state. It was unveiled to...Show More Summary
Obama to name five new national monuments
President Barack Obama on Monday afternoon is scheduled to designate five new national monuments, one each in Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Ohio and Washington state. The monuments will be: the Río Grande del Norte, natural lands marked for protection in New Mexico; Delaware lands that will be deemed the First State national monument in that [...]
Using executive power, Obama will name five new national monuments
President Barack Obama will designate five new national monuments in a closed signing ceremony at the White House Monday. The monuments are: the Río Grande del Norte National Monument in New Mexico; First State National Monument in Delaware; Harriet Tubman...
USDA to Furlough Meat Inspectors While Advertising Food Stamps in Mexico
Here is how Wikipedia describes the Washington Monument Syndrome… The Washington Monument syndrome, also known as the Mount Rushmore Syndrome, or the firemen first principle, is a political tactic used in the United States by government agencies when faced with budget cuts. Show More Summary
World Baseball Classic 2013: Day 14 Results, Recap and Analysis
Day 14 at the 2013 World Baseball Classic featured one monumental showdown in Miami. The United States and Puerto Rico went head to head in an elimination game. The Americans defeated Puerto Rico, 7-1, in their first Pool 2 matchup on Tuesday, but the stakes were much higher heading into the weekend. Show More Summary
The state of USCT interpretation (monuments and markers): a poll
In the discussions I’ve seen regarding the future of interpretation of USCTs, I don’t think I’ve seen anything that considers that which is underway already. I believe, before we can discuss the future of interpretation, we might do well to know the current status of the same. There are several questions that I’d like to see [...]
Strange Buildings of the Eastern Bloc from the Last Decades of Communism
Communist architecture is often monumental, sometimes minimalist, and always imposing. But in the latter years of most European communist states, traditional Brutalist architecture gave way to something a little weirder — and occasionally even playful. Here are some incredible buildings from this era in late Eastern Bloc communism. More »
Ohio State Basketball: 5 Biggest Questions Buckeyes Face as March Heats Up
Remember when the Ohio State basketball team got eviscerated in Madison against Wisconsin and it seemed like the wheels were coming off the season? Funny how things change. The Buckeyes picked up a monumental victory at Indiana Tuesday night to fill the one glaring hole on their resume—a road win against a nationally-ranked team. Show More Summary
Why Supporters Of The Voting Rights Act Are Getting Nervous About The Supreme Court
A centerpiece of the monumental Voting Rights Act is in jeopardy Wednesday as it heads before the Supreme Court for oral argument. At issue is the constitutionality of Section 5 of the 1965 law, which requires state and local governments...Show More Summary
Can Solar Energy save India’s Taj Mahal?
The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh says that it wants to develop Agra as a solar city in part so as to save the Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal, a Moghul monument built to commemorate the Indian queen Mumtaz Mahall by her grief-stricken widower, Emperor Shahjahan, was completed in the middle of the 1600s and [...]
US State Department Funds Thai Monument Restoration
The United States State Department's Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation recently bestowed a $131,800 grant to the Thai government for restoration work at Wat Chaiwatthanaram, a historic Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand.
According...Show More Summary
