Roundup

Hiroshima Day 2014: How Many Minutes to Midnight?

by Noam Chomsky

It is a near miracle that we have escaped destruction so far, and the longer we tempt fate, the less likely it is that we can hope for divine intervention to perpetuate the miracle.

Caliph Ibrahim's Brutal Moment

by Daniel Pipes

Can the caliphate last? What will its impact be?

How Church Attendance Affects American Attitudes toward Israel

by Daniel Pipes

"Religious Americans are significantly more likely than less religious Americans to be sympathetic to the Israelis."

Stephen Colbert's 40th Anniversary Show on the Resignation of Richard Nixon

Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert's history of Watergate features interviews with Pat Buchanan and John Dean. 

How & Why Russia Forgot The Great War

by Alexey Eremenko

Russians generally do not often speak of World War I.

Secrets of the Creative Brain

by Nancy Andreasen

A leading neuroscientist who has spent decades studying creativity shares her research on where genius comes from, whether it is dependent on high IQ—and why it is so often accompanied by mental illness.

A Global Guide to the First World War (interactive documentary)

Ten historians from 10 countries give a brief history of the first world war through a global lens.

Don’t Impeach Obama, Censure Him

by John Fund

"The president needs a reminder that we will not indefinitely tolerate his abuse of power."

Tragedy of Warsaw repeats itself in world’s current conflicts

The lesson of Warsaw is that the fight for liberty is a lonely endeavor.

Why They Fight: Hamas’ Too-Little-Known Fascist Charter

by Jeffrey Herf

As the Gaza conflict rolls on, the Western press has virtually ignored Hamas’s 1988 “Covenant,” which precisely details the terror group’s radical anti-Semitism and intellectual debt to Nazi ideology.

Five myths about impeachment

by Jonathan Turley

Much of the debate has been more mythological than constitutional.

What Historians Get Wrong About The First World War

by Stephen A. Schuker

On the eve of the Great War's centennial, many still get a great deal wrong about the conflict's outbreak: the world did not blunder into mass bloodletting by accident.

An East-West Showdown in the Heart of Africa?

by Nick Turse

The Obama dream to turn South Sudan into a functioning democracy has fizzled.

Roundup Top 10!

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

The Untapped Secrets of the Nixon Tapes

by Evan Thomas

Forty years after Watergate, it's easy to imagine we know all there is to know about Tricky Dick. Two new books show how wrong that is.

Collective Punishment in Gaza

by Rashid Khalidi

"Punishing Palestinians for existing has a long history."

First world war – a century on, time to hail the peacemakers

by Adam Hochschild

On the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War, we should remember those who tried to stop a catastrophe

Why Is the World Becoming Such a Nasty Place?

by Victor Davis Hanson

There are children in need at the border — but there is a great deal more as well.

Charlie Chaplin's Speech in "The Great Dictator" (Movie Clip)

He starts slowly, but by the end you'll be cheering. 

Why Politicians Plagiarize So Often

by Evan Osnos

As he confronts the consequences, Senator Walsh might feel fortunate that he is a senator, not an academic or a college freshman or a blogger.