Week of February 20, 2012
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Up Front
Hot Topics
Blogs
- Sheldon Richman: February 19, 1942: A Day that Will Live in Infamy (L & P)
- Editor's Desk: Is There a History Movie Out There Historians Actually Like?
Questions People are Googling
- Is It Presidents Day or President's Day or Presidents' Day?
- Which Presidents Do the Presidents Themselves Like?
- How Have Past U.S. Presidents Broken Bad News in Times of War?
- How Did Afghanistan Receive Its Current Borders?
- Do Mormons Wear Special Underwear?
HNN Special: Oscar Night
The Last Bow for 35mm Film
Thomas Doherty
If History is Any Judge, the History Movie is a Big Winner at Oscar Time
Robert Brent Toplin
History Films Are Back at the Oscars
Bruce Chadwick
News at Home
The Tragic Lost Opportunity of School Reform
Ronald W. Evans
How to Think About Corporate Personhood, Part II
James Livingston
Gingrich and Romney: Right and Wrong on Space Travel
Jonathan Coopersmith
News Abroad
A Brief History of the War Formerly Known As The Global War On Terror
Andrew J. Bacevich
The BBC’s "Alternative Honors List"
Toby Harper
Yemen's Instability Could Be Fixed by Food Aid
William Lambers
Historians & History
Channelling George Washington: America's Forgotten Blessing
Thomas Fleming
Western Trailblazers of the Atomic Age and Beyond: Interview with John Findley and Bruce Hevly
Robin Lindley
Why I Still Like Ike
William Astore
Books
Review of Ira Shapiro's The Last Great Senate
Joel K. Goldstein
Review of Michael Hastings's The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan
Murray Polner