Word: reconstructionism
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GROZNY, Russia: New Chechen president Aslan Maskhadov took the oath of office in a ceremony designed to help build up a sense of national identity in the shattered region. Because the Moscow government was determined to portray the inauguration in the secessionist republic as an internal Russian affair, few foreign...
In an era of Holocaust denial and historical "reinterpretation" and "reconstruction," Glazed Pork Loin's flippant attitude cannot be dismissed simply as being in poor taste or excused as "politically incorrect" or "culturally apathetic." He gives us a sobering reminder of the work that awaits all those who would seek...
Republicans widened their margin in the Senate, while they shaved it down in the House. They picked up open Senate seats in Arkansas, Nebraska and Alabama, which will have two Republican Senators for the first time since Reconstruction, but lost in South Dakota, where Larry Pressler fell to Representative Tim...
As a state Senator, Jefferson wrote Louisiana's first Enterprise Zone Act, giving tax breaks to companies that locate in poor areas. In 1990 he became the first black Louisiana Congressman since Reconstruction. On Capitol Hill, Jefferson has been a constant advocate for the rights of children and the poor...
Tennessee was one of the plum prizes of the Republican revolution--in 1994 the Volunteer State, with a Democratic tradition dating back to Reconstruction, elected two Republican Senators and shifted its House delegation from 6-to-3 Democratic to 5-to-4 Republican. Two retirees, Jamie Quillen (R) and Harold...