US History

HER HONOR WIELDS A BIG GAVEL (New York Post)

16 May 2008

Former Brooklyn US Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf was formally inducted as a federal judge in the Eastern District of New York yesterday before a standing-room-only crowd of legal luminaries. Mauskopf, the child of Holocaust survivors, said she was particularly proud to be appointed because of her family history. "They had no trial, they had no jury, they had no judge," she said, referring to family ...

Portland native an unlikely protector of Williamson County's history (Austin American-Statesman)

16 May 2008

It's not a stretch to say that David Hollingsworth isn't who comes to mind when you think of a typical Williamson County history buff.

US election furore after Bush's 'appeasement' remark (AFP via Yahoo! News)

16 May 2008

The explosive issue of how to handle America's enemies detonated into the US election campaign Thursday after President George W. Bush implied Democrats want to appease terrorists.