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Roundup Top 10!

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

Korean War memorial is a historical photoshop horror

by Jesus Diaz

Most of these scenes are not from the Korean War.

How Allies got from D-Day to Berlin

by Victor Davis Hanson

The Americans were bogged down in the French hedgerows for almost seven weeks, until late July – suffering about 10 times the casualties as were lost from the Normandy landings.

There Are No More Honest Conservatives, So Stop Looking For One

by Rick Perlstein

The mainstream and liberal press’s quixotic search for a ‘good’ conservative merely reinforces the soft bigotry of low expectations.

World War II as You Have Never Seen It: Rare Color Footage

The only known Allied color footage of World War Two was uncovered in the attic of a Hollywood director by his son.

Lincoln wasn't a failure at 50

by Scott A. Sandage

Why does the myth refuse to die? 

Is Great Britain a Christian Nation?

by Brantley Gasaway

How Do We Recognize a "Christian Nation"?

Soldiers Watching an Atomic Bomb Explosion (Video)

These videos document what happened when soldiers witnessed atomic blasts in the 1950s. 

Understanding Boko Haram

by John Edward Philips

Boko Haram, as many know by now, means “Western Education is forbidden” in the Hausa language of northern Nigeria and neighboring countries.

Pew: How America’s source of immigrants has changed over a century

by Jens Manuel Krogstad and Michael Keegan

Once they came from Germany.  And now it's Mexico. 

History ultimately judges right and wrong

by Josh Noel

History is in fact always judging.

Did a Karzai No-Show Spoil Obama’s announcement of end of Afghanistan War?

by Juan Cole

Whether there are US troops in Afghanistan matters. They could easily be ambushed and the US could be dragged back into a hot war there.

Superpowers Don't Get to Retire

by Robert Kagan

What our tired country still owes the world.

Why Are So Many Countries Now Fighting Over Rocks in the South China Sea?

by Mel Gurtov

China’s national identity has become deeply intertwined with territorial issues.

2nd Amendment: What Did the Framers Really Mean?

by Joe Nocera

What we know is that the founders were deeply opposed to a standing army, which they viewed as the first step toward tyranny.

When a commencement talk energized a nation

by Julian Zelizer

Commencement talks can be more than about celebrity, funny quips, and attention-gaining opportunities for colleges.

How the west embraced Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book

by John Gray

At the peak of its popularity, Mao's bible was the most printed book in the world. It attained the status of a sacred, holy text during the Cultural Revolution, and retains its place among western devotees.

Why do conservatives have the edge in the debate about abortion?

by Ann M. Little

Their position exploits America’s discomfort with open conversations about sexuality and sexual knowledge.

The Differences between Digital History and Digital Humanities

by Stephen Robertson

So what are the differences between digital history and ‘dh’/digital literary studies? In the current landscape in the US, broadly speaking, two stand out.

Roundup Top 10!

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