My Brush With History

My Brush With History

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February/March 2001

13 years ago By admin

Volume

52

Issue

1

Our Armageddon An Afternoon With the Shadow The Camera Enthusiast

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Stories published from "February/March 2001"

Authored by: The Editors

A MERE NAVY LIEUTENANT (JG) JOINS SOME ACTION-FIGURE GENERALS

The Making Of “lonesome Dove”

Authored by: The Editors

LARRY McMURTRY TELLS THE STORY BEHIND THE BOOK

The Buyable Past

Authored by: The Editors

Calendar Clocks

A Lincoln Face-lift?

Authored by: The Editors

BEHIND THE FIVE-DOLLAR MAKEOVER

The 10 Greatest Jazz Records

Authored by: Ken Burns

THE CREATOR OF THE NEW DOCUMENTARY MAKES A VERY HARD CHOICE.

Eating The Past

Authored by: The Editors

IT’S AMERICA’S LATEST CULINARY SENSATION: HARDTACK AND GROG

Women On Wheels

Authored by: The Editors

A LONG-TIME MINORITY AMONG BIKERS GETS ITS DUE

Authored by: The Editors

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THE LAST TIME A PRESIDENT’S SON WENT INTO HIS FATHER’S BUSINESS, THE RESULTS WERE LESSTHANINSPIRING

The Electoral College: How It Got That Way and Why We're Stuck With It

Authored by: Frederic D. Schwarz

It was never designed to actually elect a President, it’s awkward, cumbersome, and confusing, and almost no one likes it. Americans have been trying to get rid of it for more than two centuries. Yet it’s still here. Now we are seeing renewed efforts to reform or eliminate the Electoral College. Will they succeed? Don’t bet on it.