How the NATO peoples settled Chicago, Part 1

May. 15, 2012
How about something on the impending NATO summit that's free of controversy? For the next three days, blogger John Schmidt will dish out summaries of how the peoples from the 28 countries each did their part to build Chicago.

The evolution of Ladino

Feb. 2, 2011
1492 was not only the year Columbus went to America, it was also the year of the Alhambra Decree when King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered all Jews out of Spain, under penalty of death. Thousands of Spanish Jews fled to the Balkans, where the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire welcomed them.