Roundup

Facts, lies and climate change

by Jonathan Zimmerman

You shouldn’t ‘teach the controversy’ about something that shouldn’t be controversial.

The electoral college is an excellent system

by George F. Will

Far from being an unchanged anachronism, the electoral college has evolved, shaping and shaped by the party system.

Demonization of Putin as “Personally” behind Clinton Hack is old Propaganda Technique

by Juan Cole

The leaked allegations supposedly from the CIA that Russian President Vladimir Putin “personally” directed how hacked emails from the Clinton campaign should be used should be treated with a good deal of skepticism.

There are fears in Japan that the Abe government is turning fascist

by Gavan McCormack

Little of this sense of urgency is perceptible in the writing about Japan published outside the country.

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

Video of the Week: Mathew Brady

by Scott Rensberger

One of Brady's little-known contributions was to arm scores of men with traveling dark rooms to capture the battlefield scenes of the Civil War. 

Why the Nazis studied American race laws for inspiration

by James Q Whitman

The answer is that in the early 20th century, the US, with its vigorous and creative legal culture, led the world in racist lawmaking.

Jesus Christ, businessman: From John Humphrey Noyes to Donald Trump

by Ellen Wayland-Smith

Trump’s can-do optimism and belief in prosperity make him the obvious heir to earlier self-help Christian sages of the Norman Vincent Peale variety.

Trump questionnaire recalls dark history of ideology-driven science

by Paul N. Edwards

The Trump questionnaire harks back to the McCarthyist “red scare” of the early 1950s, when congressional committees and the FBI hounded eminent scientists accused of communist leanings.

The founders provided a solution to Trump: impeachment

by Jack Rakove

Forget about Federalist 68 — it's Hamilton's Federalist 65, with its discussion of impeachment, that we'll want to study.

Stop dreaming. The Electoral College is here to stay.

by Joshua Spivak

But it is important to understand its actual, widely ignored, roots.

‘Even though I am a girl…’

by Roshanna Sylvester

John Glenn’s fan mail and sexism in the early space program

It’s not your Founding Fathers’ democracy

by E.J. Dionne Jr.

Starting next month, the United States will have a minority government.

An Intellectual History of Trumpism

by David Greenberg

Trump’s ideology has deep roots in U.S. history. But this is the first time it’s made it to the White House.

The Most Politically Dangerous Book You’ve Never Heard Of

by Adam Weiner

How one obscure Russian novel launched two of the 20th century’s most destructive ideas.

Obama Administration Report Card on Foreign Policy

by Jeremy Kuzmarov

Grade: C-

The Faithless-Elector Fantasy Is Fun, but It’s Just a Fantasy

by Jeff Greenfield

It’s all a shadow play—entertaining, provocative, but bearing no relation to political reality.

Another Kind of “Identity Politics”

by John Fea

Is Mark Lilla right that liberals need to get beyond identity politics?  And just what do we mean by identity politics anyway?

The World Fears Trump’s America

by Mark Moyar

That’s a Good Thing.

Roundup Top 10!

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