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Benjamin Franklin

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    And Now a Look at a Former Board of Ed "Expert's" Revisionist History Textbook

    ​David Barton -- founder of Wallbuilders, former State Board of Education "social studies expert" and member of the Religious Right coalition that prodded Gov. Rick Perry to join the insufficiently Christian Republican field -- isn't exactly what you'd call a rigorous academic. What you might ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    As the Governor Declares August 6 "Day of Prayer and Fasting," One Response to Rick Perry's "The Response" Event

    From Governor Rick Perry's Flickr pageRick Perry and Sarah Palin at that Heroic Media event at the Majestic Theatre last November​Speaking of over-the-weekenders, the morning paper had a pay wall piece Saturday about Governor Rick Perry's "call to prayer for a nation in crisis" scheduled for Augus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Seven Valentine Suggestions for That Special Some-Guy in Your Life

    It ain't V Day without a laser-sighted cross bow.​It's time the guys got a little attention on Valentine's Day. The pressure to fork over for chocolates, roses, diamonds, a week's salary on a "special" V Day prix fixe meal that many would consider highway robbery weighs on a brother. After all, yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Drink In Some History With a New Wine Come to Town

    ​A few befuddled wine writers, trying to untangle the mystery of why more drinkers don't demand Madeira, have posited the fortified wine's been done in by a storied past. They wonder if tales of Benjamin Franklin knocking back bottles while negotiating the purchase of cannons to fend off Redco ... More >>

  • Film

    March 18, 2010

    The Art of the Steal

    ​A few befuddled wine writers, trying to untangle the mystery of why more drinkers don't demand Madeira, have posited the fortified wine's been done in by a storied past. They wonder if tales of Benjamin Franklin knocking back bottles while negotiating the purchase of cannons to fend off Redco ... More >>

  • News

    June 19, 2008

    Ask A Mexican

    Fanatics tend to be rude, no matter where they're from—except maybe St. Louis

  • Calendar

    July 13, 2006

    The Harder They Fall

    The WWE comes to the AAC

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2006

    Very Inventive

    It's all about the Benjamin

  • News

    February 24, 2005

    BBQ Sauce for the Soul

    When he's not catering for the president, barbecue maven Eddie Deen caters to the spirits of the indigent

  • Film

    November 18, 2004

    Cage Death Match

    National Treasure makes one long for a good movie... like Con Air

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2004

    Camp Out

    Viva Las Vegas with the Caring Friends Follies

  • Culture

    January 14, 1999

    American History why?

    Or: Learning about pot-smoking, gas-passing presidents can be fun!

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