Roundup

What We've Lost Since 9/11

by Peter Van Buren

Taking Down the First Amendment in Post-Constitutional America

It wasn't the Allies who beat the Nazi generals in Normandy. It was Hitler himself... A great historian's gripping account of how the Fuhrer's bloodlust doomed his troops

by Antony Beevor

Ten days after D-Day, Adolf Hitler was in an unforgiving mood.

Blair-Bush & Iraq: It’s not just the quagmire but the Lawbreaking & Deception

by Juan Cole

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is complaining that he is unfairly blamed for causing the current mess in Iraq and that if Saddam had still been in power it would be just as unstable.

Professors as Politicians

by Jonathan Zimmerman

Next fall, two professors at the same college will compete for a congressional seat in Virginia.

The Lack of Major Wars May Be Hurting Economic Growth

by Tyler Cowen

Counterintuitive though it may sound, the greater peacefulness of the world may make the attainment of higher rates of economic growth less urgent and thus less likely.

35 palaces around the world

An interactive visual of the power, wealth and history of different countries.

Amity Shlaes's Anti-New Deal Graphic Novel

by Jeff Shesol

Trashing the New Deal with graphics.

Obama’s Iraq

by Max Boot

Mosul has fallen, and al Qaeda is on the march towards Baghdad.

Roundup Top 10!

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

Iraq Is Vietnam 2.0 And U.S. Drones Won’t Solve The Problem

by Leslie H. Gelb

The problem is the Iraqi government.

What it was like to standup to DC warmongering in 2003 (Interview)

by James Fallows

"In my conscious lifetime, it was the most exultantly pro-war that I can recall."

Korean War memorial is a historical photoshop horror

by Jesus Diaz

Most of these scenes are not from the Korean War.

A Strange but True Tale of Voter Fraud and Bioterrorism

by Scott Keyes

The 1984 Rajneeshee attack, which poisoned hundreds of Oregonians, shows how hard it is to steal an election—even with millions of dollars and a dedicated group.

Native Americans need reparations even more than African Americans do

by Daniel R. Wildcat

Reparations have never figured prominently into American Indian calls for justice. Why?

Don’t Walk Away from War

by Tom Engelhardt

Here are five straightforward lessons that could be drawn from that last half century of every kind of American warfare.

Alternative Histories

by Miles Klee

What counts is that a true patriot from centuries ago, an expert in these matters, has eloquently summarized and justified their rage.

GOP flunks Bergdahl lesson: How it revealed total ignorance about prisoner swaps

by Jonathan Zimmerman

Let’s look at the history.

Eduardo Galeano, The World Cup and the Corporatization of Soccer

by Eduardo Galeano

"These days, soccer fanaticism has come to occupy the place formerly reserved for religious fervor, patriotic ardor, and political passion."

The case against reparations

by Stu Bykofsky

"There is no rational way to diagram who gets how much from whom to satisfy an impossible debt."

Will Dems pay a price for Bergdahl deal?

by Julian Zelizer

Critics of President Barack Obama's foreign policy are getting louder by the day, and that poses risks for Democrats this fall and even in 2016.