Michelle Obama is Marie Antoinette? No, says Tea at Trianon blogger Elena Maria Vidal (who is the author of Trianon: A Novel of Royal France).
Aug 132010
It was only a matter of time. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is (1) a woman and (2) famous, so naturally she was first compared to Princess Diana, and is now being compared to — you guessed it — Marie Antoinette.
Let them eat tapas? Mrs Obama faces holiday fury
The right’s comparison of Michelle Obama and Marie Antoinette is more astute than they realize
Jul 192010
New York races to uncover Ground Zero mystery ship
Below: Archaeologists examine the decayed hull of the wooden ship found at the World Trade Center construction site. (Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson. Photo provided by PicApp)
May 272009
How Jennie Hodgers, an Irish immigrant to the U.S., became Union soldier Albert D.J. Cashier:
In Civil War, woman fought like a man for freedom
The book They Fought Like Demons by Deanne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook tells the stories of Hodgers/Cashier and other female Civil War soldiers.
Mar 112009
Aug 172007
Is Paris Hilton “the closest thing to American royalty,” as she herself reportedly claims, and is that why people love to hate her? The trash princess
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