In this photo taken Wednesday Dec. 11, 2019, Aphrodite Philippou, 73, makes Cyprus' halloumi cheese at a farm in Kampia village near Nicosia, Cyprus. Cyprus' halloumi cheese, with a tradition dating back some five centuries, is the island nation's leading export. It's goat and sheep milk content makes it a hit with health-conscious cheese lovers in Europe and beyond. It's added appeal is that unlike other cheeses, it doesn't melt when heated up. less In this photo taken Wednesday Dec. 11, 2019, Aphrodite Philippou, 73, makes Cyprus' halloumi cheese at a farm in Kampia village near Nicosia, Cyprus. Cyprus' halloumi cheese, with a tradition dating back some ... more Photo: Petros Karadjias, AP Photo: Petros Karadjias, AP Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close Image 1 of 12 In this photo taken Wednesday … [Read more...] about White gold: Cyprus’ halloumi cheese entangled in politics
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75 years on, Battle of the Bulge memories bond people
In this photo taken on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, Marcel Schmetz serves coffee from the kitchen of his house at the Remember Museum 39-45 in Thimister-Clermont, Belgium. In the bucolic, verdant hills which were once among the worst killing grounds of WWII Marcel and Mathilde Schmetz have shared coffee and cake with countless veterans, telling stories that span generations. Veterans of the WWII Battle of the Bulge are heading back to mark, perhaps the greatest battle in U.S. military history, when 75-years ago Hitler launched a desperate attack deep through the front lines in Belgium and Luxembourg to be thwarted by U.S. forces. less In this photo taken on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, Marcel Schmetz serves coffee from the kitchen of his house at the Remember Museum 39-45 in Thimister-Clermont, Belgium. In the bucolic, verdant hills which were ... more Photo: Virginia Mayo, AP … [Read more...] about 75 years on, Battle of the Bulge memories bond people
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, anti-impeachment Democrat, poised to switch parties after personal plea from Trump
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, D-N.J., is pictured leaving a meeting at the Longworth House Office Building on Nov. 28, 2018. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, D-N.J., is pictured leaving a meeting at the Longworth House Office Building on Nov. 28, 2018. Photo: Washington Post Photo By Sarah L. Voisin Photo: Washington Post Photo By Sarah L. Voisin Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Rep. Jeff Van Drew, D-N.J., is pictured leaving a meeting at the Longworth House Office Building on Nov. 28, 2018. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, D-N.J., is pictured leaving a meeting at the Longworth House Office Building on Nov. 28, 2018. Photo: Washington Post Photo By Sarah L. Voisin Rep. Jeff Van Drew, anti-impeachment Democrat, poised to switch parties after personal … [Read more...] about Rep. Jeff Van Drew, anti-impeachment Democrat, poised to switch parties after personal plea from Trump
She keeps winning boxing titles. She is still fighting for visibility.
Claressa Shields warms up with Team USA boxer Jajaira Gonzalez during a workout session at The Gym Boxing and Fitness in Pembroke Pines, Fla., earlier this year. Claressa Shields warms up with Team USA boxer Jajaira Gonzalez during a workout session at The Gym Boxing and Fitness in Pembroke Pines, Fla., earlier this year. Photo: Washington Post Photo By Toni L. Sandys Photo: Washington Post Photo By Toni L. Sandys Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close Image 1 of 12 Claressa Shields warms up with Team USA boxer Jajaira Gonzalez during a workout session at The Gym Boxing and Fitness in Pembroke Pines, Fla., earlier this year. Claressa Shields warms up with Team USA boxer Jajaira Gonzalez during a workout session at The Gym Boxing and Fitness in Pembroke Pines, Fla., earlier this year. … [Read more...] about She keeps winning boxing titles. She is still fighting for visibility.
The O Word: Christopher Dickey on What Occupation Means Today
Some of America’s first homegrown terrorists were the original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and they can teach us a lot about the trouble we’re in today at home and in the rest of the world. As these Christian night riders and cross-burners and lynch mobs of the Klan portrayed themselves, they were resistance fighters in an unequal struggle against foreign (that is, Northern) occupation after they lost their all-out war to secede from the Union in 1865. And they weren’t the only ones who felt that way. In a song I learned as a boy in Atlanta 100 years after Reconstruction, a “Good Ol’ Rebel” declares he “hates the ‘Glorious Union’—’tis dripping with our blood.” He hates the “Freedman’s Bureau” representing the interests of the emancipated slaves. He hates everything about the federal government, especially “the striped banner.” In one telling verse he declares, “300,000 Yankees … [Read more...] about The O Word: Christopher Dickey on What Occupation Means Today
