The history of the United States’ official efforts to thwart Hitler’s persecution and eventual genocide of European Jews and other minorities, before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 forced FDR to enter World War II, is not an inspiring one. Filmmakers Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein chronicled this tragic inaction—which was, in part, a reflection of widespread stateside antisemitism—in last year’s excellent documentary series The U. Read More...
Joe: This is a Panda Express location where they test out new menu items. I think I've only really gotten the orange chicken at Panda Express. I've never really gotten a lot of other things on the menu, so I'm really excited. They're gonna have Chef Jimmy here. He's gonna make us a bunch of stuff that they actually offer here and only at this location and a few others. Read More...
JAY DIRECTO / AFP / Getty ImagesMore than 1,500 couples embrace at a mass Valentine's Day wedding ceremony conducted for free by the city's mayor in Caloocan City, a suburb of Manila, Feb. 14, 2010.
Mass Valentine’s Day marriages where hundreds of couples say “I do” at the same time have become all the rage in recent years, easily making February 14 the most popular wedding anniversary in the Philippines. For example, in a “Love Affairs with Nature” themed wedding last year, 150 couples got married and planted mangrove trees in the rain in Palawan, the Daily Mail reports. Read More...
