Roundup

Why Jefferson’s vision of American Islam matters today

by Denise A. Spellberg

What history shows is that Islam is very much an American religion. 

Not the ‘Age of Trump’

by Andrew J. Bacevich

But it is the age of something.

Could you pass this history test? Could the president?

by Charles F. Bryan Jr.

“The public ignorance of our cultural heritage has alarming implications for the future of our nation.”

What If: Fifty Years After the Six-Day War

by Daniel Pipes

In 1967 liberals celebrated Israel's victory.  

JFK’s Russian Conspiracy

by Tim Naftali

Kennedy had his own secret back channel with Moscow. It may have kept the superpowers from going to war.

Golda's Missed Opportunities for Peace

by Ralph Seliger

The Arabs, it turns out, were more willing to cut a deal than she realized. 

The Two Women’s Movements

by Kim Phillips-Fein

Feminism has been on the march since the 1970s, but so has the conservative backlash.

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Refuge for Fugitives

by Steve Kantrowitz

Instead of seeking to overcome their association with slavery, antebellum African American activists built their activism around it. We can learn from this history.

I Don't Care Who Killed JFK

by Peter Dreier

The question of who killed JFK will never be resolved.

What John F. Kennedy teaches us today

by Robert Dallek

Donald Trump would do well to ponder the lessons of John Kennedy’s presidency on the occasion of JFK’s centenary.

The World That Trump and Ailes Built

by Jill Lepore

The measure of their influence lies in the distance between today’s media and politics and those of the years they were born.

On Memorial Day, What Do the Living Owe the Dead?

by Graham Allison

We owe them the courage and the wisdom to prevent the next war.

When image trumps ideology: How JFK created the template for the modern presidency

by Steven Watts

JFK pioneered the modern notion of the president as celebrity.

Trump Isn't Nixon – He's Worse

by John Aloysius Farrell

Comparing President Trump to President Nixon is an unfair comparison. Nixon had accomplishments.

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This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.

7 differences between Trump turmoil and Watergate

by Jon Marshall

While the Watergate scandal that forced Nixon to resign in 1974 resembles in some ways the current investigations into possible ties between Trump's campaign and Russia, the analogy isn't perfect.

Why It Was Once Unthinkable for the President to Be Seen With the Pope

by David Mislin

It was unthinkable because for a century and more millions of American Protestants believed that Catholic politicians would be beholden to the Pope. 

When Congress Almost Ousted a Failing President

by Joshua Zeitz

It’s Andrew Johnson, not Andrew Jackson, who provides the best model for Trump’s collapsing presidency.

Can Anyone Be Truly ‘Independent’ In Today’s Polarized Politics?

by Beverly Gage

Today many Americans approach the notion of professional, nonpartisan expertise with suspicion, seeing it as mere cover for elite interests, bureaucratic self-preservation or partisan agendas.