Roundup

The controversial world of Nazi video games

by Dennis Scimeca

A new game proves that developers might want to be more careful with their Nazi-era imagery.

What's really going on in Crimea

by Greta Uehling

"There is no reasonable explanation for how or why events unfolded as they did ."

Who Inspired the Nazi-Klan Leader’s Actions in Kansas? The Answer Here

by Ron Radosh

In a country and city where all of its residents are always aware of the horrors of the Nazi past, it comes as a shock that this wanton act of vicious antisemitic murder has taken place not in Germany, but in the United States.

Jim DeMint’s History Lesson

by Jamelle Bouie

Why is the Heritage Foundation president confused about American history?

Obama and LBJ: Measuring the current president against the past one’s legacy

by Dan Balz

“What the hell’s the presidency for?”

Dutch Imperial Past Returns to Haunt the Netherlands

by Paul Doolan

It is a sad state of affairs when any aspect of a nation’s past, no matter how sordid, remains shrouded in mystery.

Why are colleges discriminating against women?

by Jonathan Zimmerman

Colleges routinely reject talented young women in favor of less qualified young men.

How FDR prepared for a war he thought might be inevitable

by David Kaiser

"From Monday, December 1, through Thursday, December 4, new Magic intercepts conveyed Tokyo’s instructions to its diplomatic representatives in London, Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Washington, and various Chinese cities to destroy their codes and other publications."

Brennan must defend CIA’s terrorist interrogation program

by Marc A. Thiessen

Asked the purpose of her report, Feinstein declared it was to “ensure that an un-American, brutal program of detention and interrogation will never again be considered or permitted.”

In Spain, a Family Reunion, Centuries Later

by Doreen Carvajal

A search for roots in Spain reveals the habits of daily life, struggles with the Inquisition and a secret religious life.

One Word Defines U.S. Foreign Policy: Hubris

by William Astore

The way out, to paraphrase Arendt, is to commit only those means necessary to secure our major aims in regions of vital interest to the U.S

Why MLK Was in Memphis

by Peter Drier

Most Americans today know that Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was killed 46 years ago -- on April 4, 1968 -- in Memphis, Tennessee. But fewer know why he was there.

Roundup Top 10!

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

Chris Christie and the "Occupied Territories" Incident

by Daniel Pipes

"I took a helicopter ride from the occupied territories across, … and just felt, personally, how extraordinary that was, to understand the military risk that Israel faces every day."

The Walter Benjamin Brigade

by Walter Laqueur

How an obscure and maddeningly opaque German Jewish intellectual became a thriving academic industry.

The Nativist Origins of Philippines Independence

by Rick Baldoz

This week marks the 80th anniversary of the passage of the Tydings-McDuffie Act, which established conditions for the United States to grant the Philippines its independence after nearly five decades of American rule. 

Hijacking the American Plane of State

by Tom Engelhardt

Old scripts and empty stories signal a new age.

The World Is Much Safer Than 20th-Century Historians Would Have You Believe

by Ali Wyne

We should heed historians' warnings, but we should also appreciate the progress that global security has made in the intervening century.

Why science is better than history

by Tom Chivers

You're probably going to get through about 1,000 books in your 4,000 weeks on earth--and you want to read history?

Auden's secret revealed

by Edward Mendelson

"I learned about it mostly by chance."