Roundup

Why Hong Kong showdown could never have morphed into Tiananmen 2.0

by Sergey Radchenko

The domestic and world circumstances that led the Chinese leadership to order the Tiananmen massacre no longer exist.

Why LGBT History Matters

by Aud Traher

"Living in a world that tells you that you don’t exist or have history is incredibly trying."

Roundup Top 10!

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

The rise of post-modern tribes (Interview)

In the 1980s, French sociologist Michel Maffesoli coined the term “urban tribes” to describe small groups of people defined by shared interests and lifestyle preferences around which modern societies are organized.

Where Henry Kissinger's Dark Wisdom Blinds Him

by Jim Sleeper

For a man who's well-known to be prickly about what he's well-known for, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger can't have been happy to find himself in The New York Times two weeks ago under a headline, "Kissinger Drew Up Plans to Attack Cuba, Records Show."

Why isn’t Jefferson Davis’s plantation a Confederate shrine? (Much of it is submerged under water.)

Davis fought the Mississippi. He and his heirs lost.

Obama’s New Oil Wars

by Michael T. Klare

Washington Takes on ISIS, Iran, and Russia

The Museum of Endangered Sounds

by Brendan Chilcutt

Imagine a world where we never again hear the symphonic startup of a Windows 95 machine. It is to save sounds like this that the Museum was created.

Heidegger was one of the most influential thinkers of the modern era. He was also a convinced Nazi.

by Peter E. Gordon

How, then, can one study his philosophy without taking some cognizance of his ignominious past?

New documentary on PBS: Why 1964 was the election that defined our politics today

It ushered in age of negative campaign ads, highlighted by “Daisy” spot.

What Happened to the Roosevelts?

by Rob Goodman

What the Bushes and the Clintons can learn from a fallen political dynasty.

Why Britain needs a constitutional convention

by Timothy Garton

"We have been waiting a long time for this constitutional moment."

The Great Bluff That Led To A 'Magical' Pill And A Sexual Revolution

In the '50s, selling contraception was still officially illegal in many states.

Why conservatives are so upset with the new AP standards

by Tom Sullivan

More analysis now of the recent attempt by Colorado conservatives to present students with a properly soft-focused American history.

Will Syria Be Obama’s Vietnam?

by Fredrik Logevall and Gordon M. Goldstein

Will Mr. Obama repeat history and commit ground troops?

If Obama Wants Congress' Approval to Attack ISIS, He'll Have to Ask—or Screw Up Badly

by Jack Goldsmith

"The truth is that neither the President nor the leadership in Congress wants a vote right now."

The Lessons of History

by Steve Hochstadt

Right now the lessons that history can teach have provoked a nationwide argument.

Take the test: The College Board lets you compare the old and new AP history questions

by College Board

"The best way to understand the changes is by taking a closer look at the exam, before and after the redesign, as it directly impacts how teachers and students focus their study of U.S. history."

The psychology of torture (The Holocaust is the event that shaped the Milgram experiment)

by Malcolm Harris

The Milgram experiments showed that anybody could be capable of torture when obeying an authority. Are they still valid?

This is Elizabeth Warren's moment

by Julian Zelizer

The Massachusetts Democrat may be perfectly positioned to react to the revelation of secretly taped conversations within the Federal Reserve that have exposed the cozy relationship that exists between the regulators in Washington and the regulated on Wall Street.