Mention the Amana Colonies, and most people will tell you it’s a tourist destination west of the Quad-Cities that is famous for its sauerkraut-and-sausage food, woolen shops and clock showrooms. They also might say it’s where people of the Amish Mennonite faith live, even though that isn’t true.
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DER BLOGGER
The Hoax of the Century
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Though America endured one of the worst winters ever, while the 2009
hurricane season was among the mildest, the warmers say this proves
nothing. But when our winters were mild and the 2005 hurricane season
brought four major storms to the U.S. coast, Katrina among them, the
warmers said this validated their theory.
You can’t have it both ways.
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The “Dutch Devils”
German-Americans acquired a reputation for their tenacity in battle
during the Civil War. The Confederates called them the “Dutch devils”
and Robert E. Lee is said to have remarked: ““Take the Dutch out of the
Union Army and we could whip the Yankees easily.” Now that the 150th
anniversary of the Civil War will soon be here, it might be well to
recall the role played by German-Americans in the War Between the
States.
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Kultur
The Iceman Cometh
German designer Karl Lagerfeld set his new Chanel collection in the Arctic. The fashion icon often arranges elaborate scenes to display his creations: This time Paris Fashion Week was transformed into a winter paradise.