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• Newly Released Files Reveal: Julia Child Was A Spy!

  The National Archives has just released contents of this country's WWII-era OSS files. The OSS, you may remember, started as the Office of Strategic Services and eventually morphed into that Alias show. Several celebrity names were mentioned in the documents, the most interesting being your favorite kook in the kitchen... Read More... Posted Aug 14 2008, 10:35 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: police, spies, Daniel Craig, jennifer garner, alias, CIA, authors, Julia Stiles, supreme court, african, teddy roosevelt, wwII, bourne, julia child

• What Obama And McCain Can Learn From 1884

  The Presidential election of 1884 was a huge turning point in American politics. Among its many highlights: the vaulting of Grover Cleveland to the White House, the first Democrat to assume that position since before the Civil War. Most importantly, there are several eerie parallels between '84 and '08 (2008, that is) that should make Obama, McCain, and even Clinton stop to think... Read More... Posted Jun 10 2008, 03:30 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: hillary clinton, republicans, Barack Obama, john McCain, elections, Democrats, campaigns, conventions, teddy roosevelt