Khalil Nouri: Indigenous Participation is Essential to Af-Pak Study Group

The Study Group should affirm the fact that the United States has no intention to betray and abandon Afghanistan, but it should begin by discarding the current strategy of accepting corruption as a necessary evil.

Census Bureau News -- Facts for Features -- Grandparents Day 2010: Sept. 12 (resend)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In 1970, Marian McQuade began a campaign to set aside a special day just for grandparents. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed the first presidential proclamation, designating the first Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day. The first official observance was Sept. 9, 1979 -- and has been celebrated every year since. In honor of our ...

Census Bureau News -- Facts for Features -- Halloween, Oct. 31, 2010

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The observance of Halloween, which dates back to Celtic rituals thousands of years ago, has long been associated with images of witches, ghosts and vampires. Over the years, Halloween customs and rituals have changed dramatically. Today, Halloween is celebrated many different ways, including wearing costumes, children trick or treating, carving ...

Civil War App: Mostly a Great Teacher With a Few Sub-Par Subs

Move over, Ken Burns. The Civil War has come to the iPad. The $4.99 app, Civil War: America's Epic Struggle, created by MultiEducator is a cornucopia of information about the war between the states. What's more, it deftly uses the iPad's unique features to bring history to life in an engaging and exciting way.

Census Bureau News for Features -- Labor Day 2010: Sept 6 (resend)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The first observance of Labor Day is believed to have been a parade of 10,000 workers on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, organized by Peter J. McGuire, a Carpenters and Joiners Union secretary. By 1893, more than half the states were observing a "Labor Day" on one day or another, and Congress passed a bill to establish a federal holiday in 1894 ...