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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: Humanity's cultural history captured in 5-minute film

The 5-minute animation provides a fresh view of the movements of humanity over the last 2,600 years.

How & Why Russia Forgot The Great War

by Alexey Eremenko

Russians generally do not often speak of World War I.

An East-West Showdown in the Heart of Africa?

by Nick Turse

The Obama dream to turn South Sudan into a functioning democracy has fizzled.

Charlie Chaplin's Speech in "The Great Dictator" (Movie Clip)

He starts slowly, but by the end you'll be cheering. 

Why Politicians Plagiarize So Often

by Evan Osnos

As he confronts the consequences, Senator Walsh might feel fortunate that he is a senator, not an academic or a college freshman or a blogger.

The Untapped Secrets of the Nixon Tapes

by Evan Thomas

Forty years after Watergate, it's easy to imagine we know all there is to know about Tricky Dick. Two new books show how wrong that is.

Collective Punishment in Gaza

by Rashid Khalidi

"Punishing Palestinians for existing has a long history."

First world war – a century on, time to hail the peacemakers

by Adam Hochschild

On the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War, we should remember those who tried to stop a catastrophe

Why Is the World Becoming Such a Nasty Place?

by Victor Davis Hanson

There are children in need at the border — but there is a great deal more as well.

Cold War Strategies Are Back in Russia's Playbook

by Alexander Golts

The theory that history unfolds first as a tragedy and then repeats itself as a farce is not always true. Sometimes, history repeats its tragedy all over again, and with the same terrible consequences.

GOP’s 30-year spin job is over: Why we are not a center-right nation

by Joshua Sager

From minimum wage to the environment to abortion, America is far more liberal than the media or the right admit.

Wishful Thinking About Natural Gas

by Naomi Oreskes

Why Fossil Fuels Can’t Solve the Problems Created by Fossil Fuels

“You could blackmail LBJ”: The other Nixon scandal behind the Watergate scandal

by Ken Hughes

In 1971, Richard Nixon ordered another politically motivated burglary in hopes of saving his reelection.

This is your brain on racism: Inside the mind of modern bigotry

by Stephen Eric Bronner

From Mel Gibson to Donald Sterling: What are the ingredients that fuel bigotry in contemporary America?

Gaza: Why a ‘Cease-Fire’ is Not enough

by Juan Cole

Israel has no strategic war aims in Gaza because it has no large scale, long term strategy concerning the Strip.

The Time JFK Called the Air Force to Complain About a 'Silly Bastard'

by Chris Heller

The fascinating story of an angry president and the man who never knew he was the object of scorn.

Inert Obama seems to think being on the right side of history is enough

by Charles Krauthammer

History doesn’t act autonomously. It needs agency.

Infographic: The History of Light

The infographic takes us back to the beginning when cave people lit their way with the use of insect lamps.

How Nicky and Willy could have prevented World War I

by Graham Allison

One hundred years ago this week, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany exchanged a series of telegrams to try to stop the rush to a war that neither of them wanted.