Poland 1892 The city of Lodz in modern Poland came to prominence in the mid-nineteenth century as a textile production center. Part of the Kingdom of Poland, the city was the most important manufacturing center in the Russian Empire and the first...

Lodz redirects here. Lodz is also a character in the television series, Carnivàle Coordinates: 51°45′N, 19°28′E Izrael Poznanski's Palace Alexander Nevsky Orthodox church Łódź residents greeting the Red Army tankists entering the city (1945)...

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Party Of Retreat: The Senate's top Democrat has announced to terrorists a U.S. surrender in Iraq. Considering our new strategy's documented successes, Harry Reid's determination to lose is practically treasonous.In a week that saw the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, and a Senate committee...

Health Care: Those who hold up Canada's nationalized system as a model for the U.S. have another piece of evidence that maybe it's not: Those who are sick and have a choice go to the U.S. for their care.The most recent example of this trend...

“If someone had a gun to my head and said, ‘Define yourself,’ I’d have to just start by saying, ‘I’m a New Yorker,’” said Sigourney Weaver. “Whatever that means.” The 57-year-old actress was waxing poetic about her city of birth and current residence last Friday...