One in five American teen-agers doesn't know the answer to this grade-school history question: From what country did America declare its independence?
Well, isn't that a lovely way to start off the holiday? (I mean, 25% of kids don't know who fought in the American Civil War? Good lord. I knew schools had problems, but this is absurd!
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12/19/2001: vive la france
12/19/2001: princess, redux
12/19/2001: yemen and rumsfeld
12/18/2001: you're NOT in the army now
12/18/2001: interesting donation
12/18/2001: shame on winn dixie, indeed
12/18/2001: saudi princess
12/17/2001: new resolve
12/17/2001: a victim of the attack ... yeah, right
12/17/2001: polluters ho!