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The Founding Fathers Have Another Lesson to Teach Us

by Donald J. Fraser

We must get along.

The Coal Industry Killed My Book

by Greg Bailey

Southern Illinois University Press in Carbondale was going to publish my book about an infamous massacre of strikebreakers in 1922. Then the head of the Illinois Coal Association was asked to review the manuscript.

Why We Remember Nathan Hale (And Nobody’s Heard of Moses Dunbar)

by Virginia DeJohn Anderson

What, you don’t know who Moses Dunbar was? There’s a reason for that.

Dark Days in the City of Light: An Interview with Holly Tucker

by Robin Lindley

On magic, murder and the first police chief of Paris and the reason it's called the City of Light.

20 Years Ago the British Handed over Hong Kong

by Tom Clifford

But it didn’t go as planned, thanks to the British governor, who insisted on establishing democracy before he left.

The Myth that Hobbles Our Understanding of the Six Day War

by Yoav J. Tenembaum

The myth? The fiftieth anniversary marks fifty years of occupation.

The Trump Doctrine in the Middle East Is to Follow Saudi Arabia’s Lead

by James L. Gelvin

This explains what sparked the Saudi-Qatari Cold War.

America in Crisis: Is a Second Civil War in the Making?

by Richard Striner

People on both sides of the culture war believe that their opposite numbers “don’t understand what America is all about.”

Not Until the Loving Decision Legalizing Interracial Marriage Did the Supreme Court Denounce White Supremacy

by Sheryll Cashin

What does that tell you?

The World’s Nuclear Powers Are Renewing their Race to Catastrophe

by Lawrence Wittner

But non-nuclear powers in the UN are pushing back. In July there will be a vote on a treaty in the UN to outlaw nukes.

A Key Turning Point in Darwin’s Thinking – And It Didn’t Happen in the Galapagos Islands

by Isobel Charman

It happened in a London zoo.

Is Donald Trump’s War on Obama Unprecedented?

by Ronald L. Feinman

Alas, the answer is no.

America in Crisis: Our Grotesque Predicament

by Richard Striner

The first in a series.

We’ve Gone from American Exceptionalism to American Unexceptionalism

by Fred Zilian

This is what Trump has accomplished in 6 short months.

Why There’s Plenty to Celebrate on JFK’s 100th Birthday

by Michael McQuillan

“My children ask why I still admire Kennedy since he betrayed his marriage vows. He matured as a leader, I say.”

An Outrageous Claim About Jefferson Made to Make a Point

by M. Andrew Holowchak

On the “sloppiness of much of Jeffersonian scholarship.”

China’s Moving in on Africa. Why Africans Should Be Afraid.

by Greg Bailey

As China increases its footprint on the continent there will doubtless be more push back with no guarantees it will be any smoother than the rest of Africa’s beleaguered history.

What Does H.R. McMaster’s Famous Book Tell Us About Him?

by Michael H. Hunt

How would McMaster today compare the Vietnam policy he indicted in his book with the failed record of counter-insurgency in which he has played so signal a role?

Rural and City Folk ARE Different, and History Shows this Isn’t New

by Michael Rapport

But what the past also suggests is that the right forms of investment in such areas as infrastructure and education may provide part of the solution to the problems that beset both.

Did Russia Kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

by Robert T. Souza

Friday’s claim should be taken with a grain of salt.