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Erica Armstrong Dunbar | Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge | Atria / 37 Ink | March 2017 | 19 minutes (5,244 words) *** MOUNT VERNON Two years after the death of her owner, Betty learned her mistress...

Two hundred years ago today, the War of 1812 began. I was curious to find out what we’ve published about this war, since I don’t seem to recall spending much time on it in my high school U.S. history class. I first came upon two books in our On My Own...

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It is not at all clear why it is that federal judges, and particularly federal trial judges, wear plain black robes. Before the Founding, I am told that judges in America wore wigs and robes of various colors. Jefferson (ever the liberal except when...

Diagram courtesy DFMR Anguillian fishermen are being encouraged to take advantage of the fishing grounds in the 200-nautical mile Exclusive Fishery Zone to the north of the island. At present nothing much is happening there except, perhaps, illegal...