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This is believed to be the first map of Africa, as a continent. "Africa" was originally a Roman term for the region of modern Tunisia and the western portion of Libya. The Arabs later adopted a similar definition. But this is the first known map of the new concept of Africa as a continent stretching from North Africa down to a southern tip that could be rounded and from which you could then sail on to India and Asia.
Candidate challenging Rep. Martha Robey (R-AL) explains video of himself discussing politics while sitting on the toilet: It was outreach to millennials!
When you're ballsy and stupid enough to accuse a prominent African-American lawyer with a history of Civil Rights activism (Eric Holder) of "standing in the school house door" like George Wallace (perhaps the most iconic defense of racial segregation in American history), you always run the risk that that guy's sister-in-law might actually have been the young woman Wallace was blocking on that famous day in 1963.
Jon Stewart sees it too. Why do so many conservatives and Republicans have such a crush on Vladimir Putin? "The weirdest thing about this isn't Putin invading Ukraine—you expect a crazy guy to act crazy. The weirdest thing is seeing conservatives in our country point at the crazy guy and go, 'Yeah, I'll have what they're having!'" Watch.
You're a conservative walking down a street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. It's a quarter to 1 on a Saturday night. A group of hipsters are keeping up not far behind you. You're alone. They've got their swarthy 'staches and flannels, laughing, with a penumbra of menace rising over you. Monocles. This is why they have conceal carry laws. But you're not packing.
Today everyone reported that the unemployment rate is at 6.7 percent after employers added 175,000 jobs last month. But where did this economic indicator come from? And how did it come to have so much power over us? Zachary Karabell, author of The Leading Indicators, explains its origins in today's excerpt.
Don't forget to join us for a live chat with Karabell at noon today.
Conservative favorite Ben Carson clarified on Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference that gay people have rights -- they…
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is the "big winner" of the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference, conservative monolith Matt Drudge declared…
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