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The Evolution of the Campaign Song, from the Founding Fathers to Barack Obama
Before the dawn of electronic media, politicians used songs to deliver attack ads and to woo voters by Beth Rowen Related Links Biographies of the Presidents…Brewer's: Robin Hood
is first mentioned by the Scottish historian Fordun, who died in 1386. According to Stow, he was an outlaw in the reign of Richard I. (twelfth century). He entertained one hundred tall men…Brewer's: Round Table
Made by Merlin at Carduel for Uter Pendragon. Uter gave it to King Leodegraunce, of Camelyard, and King Leodegraunce gave it to Arthur when the latter married Guinever, his daughter. It…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Ordination
by Robert Burns The Author's Earnest Cry And PrayerEpistle To James SmithThe Ordination For sense they little owe to frugal Heav'n— To please the mob, they hide the little giv'n…Oscar's Checkered Past
Even today's Oscar extravaganzas seem tame when compared to the spectacles of yesterday by Alicia Potter Sacheen Littlefeather accepts Marlon Brando's Best Actor Oscar.…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Kirk Of Scotland's Alarm
by Robert Burns Epigram On Francis Grose The AntiquaryPresentation Stanzas To CorrespondentsThe Kirk Of Scotland's Alarm A Ballad. Tune-"Come rouse, Brother Sportsman!"…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Terminology: B
by Robert Burns ACB Ba', a ball. Backet, bucket, box. Backit, backed. Backlins-comin, coming back. Back-yett, gate at the back. Bade, endured. Bade,…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Devil's Walk
by Percy Bysshe Shelley SonnetFragment of a SonnetThe Devil's Walk A BALLAD. Published as a broadside by Shelley, 1812. 1. Once, early in the morning, Beelzebub arose, With care his…Year in Review, 1999: Pop Culture Trends
1999 was the year of Pokémon, Latin pop, Harry Potter, and Dot-coms. by John Gettings Y2K Who knew that impending doom was going to be so popular? No other issue in the history of the world…Brewer's: George
(St.) (g soft). Gibbon, in his Decline and Fall, ii. 323, asserts that the patron saint of England was George of Cappadocia, the turbulent Arian Bishop of Alexandria, torn to pieces by the…Trending
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