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So what happened after that?
The British sailed into what was re-named New York Harbor and took Manhattan, that’s what happened. But what happened after that happened? In Taking Manhattan, Russell Shorto tells us what happened: Scholars of American history once chose to set the … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Culture, Government, Politics, Racism, Religious fundamentalism, The Facts of Life
Tagged "Taking Manhattan", American revolution, capitalism, George III, Native Americans, New Amsterdam, New England, Puritans, Russell Shorto, slave trade, slavery, the bible, Wall Street
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Why can’t anybody stand us?
(We all know the one-word explanation for why nobody can stand us Americans right now.) The “us” I’m referring to are New Yorkers. Oh, we knew what you were thinking about us, even before social media. We see you every … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Culture, Government, Human rights, Immigration, Religious fundamentalism, Revolution, The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged "Taking Manhattan", "The Island at the Center of the World", British taking Manhattan, capitalism, democracy, Dutch New Amsterdam, freedom from religion, fundamentalist Christianity, Manhattan Island, multiculturism, multiethnicity, New England, New York, Puritanism, Russell Shorto, Wall Street
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The uncivil war in Wall Street: an amusing juxtaposition
For those of you who don’t get the New York Times in hard copy, or who don’t read it because you read another major newspaper… Today’s op-ed pages offer a really kind of funny sort of debate between Paul Krugman, … Continue reading
Posted in political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged James Bennet, Paul Krugman, Steven Rattner, Wall Street
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