Week of September 19, 2011

Up Front

The New Deal Didn't Cause a Democratic Realignment—World War II Did
Helmut Norpoth, Andrew H. Sidman, and Clara Suong

HNN Feature: They Said What? Politicians and Their Historical Gaffes
Daniel Mallia

HNN Hot Topics: The New Deal

News at Home

Is the Ghost of Barry Goldwater Haunting Rick Perry?
Mark Nevin

Citizens United is a Red Herring ... You Can't Separate the Political from the Economic
Elisabeth Chaves

Obama Should Copy JFK's First Days in Office and Fight Hunger
William Lambers

Joshua Brown

News Abroad

NEW A U.S. Veto of Palestinian Statehood would be Astonishingly Hypocritical
Neve Gordon and Yinon Cohen

Europe's Sovereign Debt Crisis Will Hurt America
Iwan Morgan

The Palestinians Have Nothing, So Why Shouldn't They Seek UN Recognition?
Juan Cole

Obama's Wrong about Unilateral Military Action—Just Ask Abraham Lincoln
David Gray Adler

Historians & History

The United States and Terror on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/20
C. Douglas Lummis

The Study of History Should Give Us Pause in Contemplating 9/11
Tom Palaima

Culture Watch

A Peek behind the Neon Signs at a Secret Los Angeles Night Club, 1953: This Is Not "I Love Lucy"
Bruce Chadwick

The History of Show Biz Gets a New and Rousing Chapter in Gorgeous "Follies" Revival
Bruce Chadwick

Books

Review of Sylvia Nasar's Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius
Jim Cullen

Review of Bernard E. Harcourt's The Illusion of Free Markets: Punishment and the Myth of Natural Order
Eric Laursen