dl#sidebar {
  float: left;
  width: 328px;
  margin-right: 16px;
}

dl#sidebar dt {
  height: 28px;
  padding-left: 16px;
  padding-top: 25px;
  font: bold 14px/18px georgia, serif;
  color: #fcf9e8;
  background: #736c6f;
  position: relative;
}

dl#sidebar dt.spotlight { background-color: #600; }

/* selectively hide certain elements in the spotlight block on the homepage
dl#sidebar dd.spotlight p.description, dl#sidebar dd.spotlight div.teaser, dl#sidebar dd.spotlight p.meta, dl#sidebar dd.spotlight h3{
	display: none;
}
*/

dl#sidebar dt a {
  font: bold 9px/18px verdana, sans-serif;
  color: #fff;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  position: absolute;
  right: 18px;
  top: 26px;
}

dl#sidebar dd {
  background: #f3efef;
  padding: 10px 14px 14px 14px;
  margin-bottom: 13px;
}

dl#sidebar dd.even p {
  font: 11px/18px verdana, sans-serif;
  color: #333;
}

dl#sidebar dd a.read-more {
  color: #160a5f;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 10px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

dl#sidebar dd ul.essay-list { }
dl#sidebar dd div.essay { }
dl#sidebar dd ul.essay-list li { margin-bottom: 18px; }
dl#sidebar dd ul.essay-list li.last { margin-bottom: 0; }
dl#sidebar dd div.essay, dl#sidebar dd ul.essay-list li { }
dl#sidebar dd div.essay h2,
dl#sidebar dd ul.essay-list li h2,
dl#sidebar dd div.essay h2 a,
dl#sidebar dd ul.essay-list li h2 a {
  font: bold 11px/18px verdana, sans-serif;
  color: #900;
}

#sidebar dd h2 a{
	font: bold 11px/18px verdana, sans-serif;
	color: #900;
}

#sidebar dd h3, dl#sidebar dd ul.essay-list li h3 {
  font: bold 10px/18px verdana, sans-serif;
  color: #160a5f;
}

dl#sidebar dd div.essay p, dl#sidebar dd ul.essay-list li p {
  font: 10px/14px verdana, sans-serif;
  color: #333;
  overflow: hidden;
}

dl#sidebar dd div.essay p.meta span,
dl#sidebar dd ul.essay-list li p.meta span {
  float: left;
}

dl#sidebar span.attribution
{
  font-style: italic;
  padding-right: 9px;
  margin-right: 9px;
}

dl#sidebar dd div.essay p.description,
dl#sidebar dd ul.essay-list li p.description {
  margin-top: 8px;
}

ul#essay-topics { float: left; width: 531px; }
ul#essay-topics li.topic {
  float: left;
  margin-left: 13px;
  margin-bottom: 13px;
  _display: inline;
  width: 164px;
  height: 164px;
  background-color: #bbb8d0;
}

ul#essay-topics li.topic-alt { background-color: #e9e0ad; }
ul#essay-topics li.topic-center { background-color: #5c548f; }
ul#essay-topics li.topic h2 {
  height: 53px;
  font: bold 13px/16px georgia, serif;
  color: #fcf9e8;
  background: #160a5f;
  position: relative;
}

ul#essay-topics li.topic-alt h2,
ul#essay-topics li.topic-alt h2 span,
ul#essay-topics li.topic-alt h2 span a {
  background-color: #bda208;
  color: #160a5f !important;
}

ul#essay-topics li.topic h2 span,
ul#essay-topics li.topic h2 span a
{
  position: absolute;
  left: 7px;
  bottom: 5px;
  width: 140px;
  color: #fff;
}


ul#essay-topics li.topic h2 span a {

}

ul#essay-topics li.topic ul { padding: 12px 2px 0 14px; }
ul#essay-topics li.topic ul li { margin-bottom: 4px; }
ul#essay-topics li.topic ul li a {
  color: #160a5f;
  font: 11px/12px verdana, sans-serif;
}

ul#essay-topics li.topic-center ul li a { color: #fff; }