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  1. ESSAY: "The Original Sin." Francine Prose on the uses and abuses of women in the world's religions. http://bit.ly/4rRnHp
  2. Prepare the way! The Winter 2010 Religion issue of Lapham's Quarterly is now online. http://www.laphamsquarterly.org
  3. Notice something different around here? The Religion issue goes live on the website tomorrow. http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/magazine
  4. Ah, good choice for a snowy evening. RT @ContessaGayles Just put on The American Ruling Class, very interesting concept...
  5. @grady__ That's a very good point! I will pass it along...
  6. @duthiebooks We're busy getting the issue online right now. Look for it next week!
  7. #whiskeyfriday begins at 4:30pm in the offices of @laphamsquart
  8. Deserving of far more followers than they have: @333books @coverspy @LRBPersonals (Public services, all)
  9. It's been a cold and blustery day. Let's gather our newfound friends: @333books @BrianLehrer @RebeccaSkloot @FutureOf @morbidanatomy
  10. Obama and Theodore Roosevelt both won the Nobel Peace Prize, but they have very different notions of a "just war." http://bit.ly/4qXV55
  11. Augustine, 412: If war was against God, He would have told men to "cast away their arms." But He didn't. http://bit.ly/4qXV55
  12. Roosevelt, 1906: "War is not merely justifiable, but imperative, upon honorable men." http://bit.ly/4qXV55
  13. Obama, 2009: "For most of history, this concept of 'just war' was rarely observed." http://bit.ly/4qXV55
  14. Reading Gaskell's "Life of Charlotte Bronte." Adjusted for inflation, Bronte made $20,000 a year as a governess.
  15. "We Polked you in '44, We shall Pierce you in '52!"—Presidential campaign slogan of James Pierce.
  16. "There are those who say smoke not only is NOT unhealthy, but that it is an actual disinfectant." http://bit.ly/7BsciP
  17. 1895: As Copenhagen gets underway, a look back at the Smoke Nuisance that suffocated Chicago. http://bit.ly/7BsciP
  18. Apparently our map of worldwide epidemics is blowin' up on Digg today. Catch the fever! http://bit.ly/7EDVZe
  19. 1904: Theodore Roosevelt was impressed by the Japanese surprise attack on a Russian navy base in Manchuria http://bit.ly/8fdphF
  20. 1945: Before dropping the bomb, the US dropped these leaflets on Hiroshima http://bit.ly/7VgS6i