That he failed, and tens of millions of people went to their deaths in the last nine months of the war, was an unalloyed tragedy. But he had a positive effect on Germany.
The expansive definition of independence, with its obverse of defining community narrowly, is not new but it is very American and pre-dates our existence as a nation.
Modern neuroscience evolved over the centuries as physicians learned about the brain from horrific head injuries, vexing diseases, and congenital abnormalities.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy, the paterfamilias of the Kennedy clan, is the only founder of a presidential family repeatedly examined in lengthy biographies and in numerous studies of his most famous progeny.
Since 1996, the prize-winning non-profit has pioneered new ways of telling true tales, past and present, and bringing its vital documentaries of everyday life to public radio listeners.
Bush might not have been transformational in his objectives or inspirational in his style, but he presided successfully over one of the most complex periods in the twentieth century.
