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September 19 335: Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his Uncle Constantine I who had turned the Roman Empire into a Christian entity.  Following the death of Constantine, his successor Constantius II reportedly had Dalmatius murdered along...

Thanksgiving — like the universe — is expanding. Traditionally a time for Americans to pause and give thanks to a Supreme Being — for health or harvest or happenstance, Thanksgiving is evolving before our very eyes into a holiday where...

Friday, November 11, 2016 Andrea’s Again? For the second time this week, Chef Andrea Apuzzo told me something that made me curious–enough for me to return to his restaurant for dinner. Among the musicians in Andrea’s Capri Blu bar on weekends is a...

Still Life with Apples and Walnuts 1772 by  Luis Egidio Meléndez (1716–1780) PROCLAMATION by the United States in Congress assembly: October 31, 1780 Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God, the Father of all mercies, amidst the vicissitudes and calamities...

Thanksgiving in the United States is wrapped in colonialist/nationalist myth that most of us learn from pre-school/day care and on.  I don't think most of us are ever taught the realities of "Thanksgiving;" why the holiday exists, what cultural narratives...