world war ii

World War II ended more than six decades ago, but one Russian village on the Baltic Sea is still coming to terms with its role in the Holocaust.

In Yantarny, Russia, then part of East Prussia, thousands of Jews were killed in 1945. Even now, some villagers are still unaware of what happened.

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When World War II broke out 70 years ago, a young singer named Vera Lynn recorded the song "We'll Meet Again," a poignant ballad for the British boys going off to war.

Now the song is back, and at 92, Dame Vera is the oldest singer ever to top the British charts.

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While the number of layoffs in May fell below expectations, the unemployment rate has now risen to 9.4%, a 25 year high.

With 14.5 million Americans unemployed and countless others underemployed, any full recovery will have to be a long one.

There is a lot to like about Mueller.

 The streets are laid out in a grid with short, walkable blocks.  Homes address the street.  Garages are relegated to rear alleys.

A couple of days ago, Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner hosted a round-table on the future of suburbia.   As happens too often, James "sackcloth-and-ashes" Kunstler got a seat.

Kunstler doesn't like cities, suburbs, or any other large agglomeration of people so he fantasizes that high gas prices will extinguish them.  He's a jumble of apocalyptic prophecies, loony economics, and .

. . Well, I could tell you, but it is better just to show you.

A couple of days ago, Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner hosted a round-table on the future of suburbia.   As happens too often, James "sackcloth-and-ashes" Kunstler got a seat.

Dr. David M. Austin, a pioneer in the field of social work education and a former faculty member at The University of Texas at Austin, died May 29 in Berea, Ky., following a battle with cancer.

He was 84. Austin was among the first social work students supported through the GI Bill following World War II.

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courtesy Chronicles official site “Oh, hi. You just caught us blogging.”  This sequel is an equal. Which is to say, with the new Chronicle, it offers slightly stronger visuals and slightly weaker story values, so, overall, you can pretty much expect the same level of quality as the original delivered.

In this second children’s adventure, the four British Pevensie siblings are summoned back to Narnia from London during the World War II blitz to do battle with a new enemy, who is threatening to render the kindly creatures who inhabit this enchanted kingdom extinct.

Professor Roy M. Mersky, the Harry M. Reasoner Regents Chair in Law and longtime director of the Tarlton Law Library and Jamail Center for Legal Research at The University of Texas School of Law, died Tuesday, May 6, in Austin after a brief illness.

Mersky, a decorated World War II veteran and civil rights advocate, [...]