Wife of Union General Ulysses S. Grant Born at White Haven Plantation west of St. Louis. Missouri, Julia Dent was the daughter of Colonel Frederick Dent, a slaveholding planter and merchant. She grew up there in a typically Southern atmosphere. Julia, the fifth of seven children and the first girl, ...

Why are there radio stations aimed at kids? Dallas Morning News, TXCrunch Gear has an amusing post about plans to transform one New York radio station from a rock format to a pop format. The folks who own the radio station say the new format will provide "young adults" with a venue to "discover...

If you haven’t been watching American Idol in the past two months then it’s now time to tune in. The finals of American Idol begins on Tuesday with a Michael Jackson theme which will hopefully give great performances from the 13 people that were voted and selected. With some new twist in the sem...

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Recently, I was asked by a man I respect who’s worked hard for several Democrats – ranging from local candidates, to Harold Ford, Jr., and to Barack Obama – about the perception among new, fresh-faced Obama volunteers that they have not been totally accepted by me and other veteran Democrats. ...

Why am I not amazed in all of US History i've never heard of this? Point; divide them against themselves and continue to rule easily. Heaven forbid the 'lesser' rise up to defeat. Long live Jamestown! This is a MUST READ. Take 10 minutes out of your Sunday to process this article: http://www.newswit...

Back in 2000, my daughters and I jumped on board the fan train for the first round of MTV’s Making The Band. Sure, we enjoyed it because the entire globe was caught up in the rapture of boy band mania via Nsync and Backstreet Boys, and who were we to pass up the formation of a new quintet of angel...

Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans By Dan Baum Spiegel & Grau, 335 pages, $26 About halfway through Dan Baum’s brilliant but frustrating Nine Lives, a ventriloquist’s collage of New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina, Tim Bruneau, a young, strong cop hungry for some “boot-in...

Barack Obama is running 7 minutes late and he's not withdrawing from Iraq. God! Bring back that Bush guy! Hey, let's watch and learn. 8:58 Well, it's nice to see Nancy Pelosi and smilin' Joe Biden up there instead of Dick Cheney and creepy Denny Hastert. 9:00 God DAMMIT MSNBC not this terrible CNN "...

We are going to live blog Barack Obama's Not-State-Of-The-Union Address. Maybe.  No promises.  However, We are prepared.  Computer: Check.  WiFi connection: Check.  Jack Daniels Single Barrel: Check, check, and check. 8:43 PM: Howard Fineman is reporting that the pr...