Hardcore Vegetarians May Have Had a Hand in the French Revolution

Unless you're from new New Orleans and got knock-down, drag-out wasted last night in the French Quarter for Independence Day, Part Deaux (or unless you're from French Canada or actual France), odds are you missed out on Saturday's Bastille Day fete. That's okay, though, because NPR is offering you a plate of steaming…
What's TSA for 'Vagina'?
Just as male politicians attempting to enact legislation that governs the "intrapants marital familiarity area" seem incapable of saying the word "vagina," so too do our terrorism-fighting friends in the Transportation Security Administration. It seems that as they're combing America's walkers, wheelchairs, and…
The French Revolution Put the Kabosh on Lady Artists
Sure the ancien régime cavorting in pre-bloodbath France fed their gluttonous lifestyle by shaking down the country's peasants and bourgeoisie with inordinately high taxes, but even in the days of the oppressive monarchy, ordinary French citizens enjoyed a ton of privileges that their mud-digging European peers hadn't…
A Good Read
Two new books on figures from French history, Lucie de la Tour du Pin, who chronicled the French Revolution, and Napoleon's scandalous sister Pauline, together illustrate aristocratic life in fascinatingly turbulent times. [Economist]
