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4 Decades Later We Still Don’t Know What the CIA’s Role in Watergate Was

by Ray Locker

The CIA’s own history, which was just disclosed, is filled with nagging gaps.

Democrats Are About to Set a Historical Record as the First Political Party to Win Six Out of Seven Popular Vote Victories for the White House

by Ronald L. Feinman

The consequence will be that the presidency becomes ever more powerful and the Congress weaker.

Isn’t It Time to Ban the Bomb?

by Lawrence S. Wittner

Only an unusually firm stand by the non-nuclear nations seems likely to awaken the officials of the nuclear powers from their long sleepwalk toward catastrophe.

Academic Malfeasance: The Case of Christopher Bail

by Daniel Pipes

In Professor Bail’s up-is-down world, mainstream conservative groups that flag Islamist extremism are fringe groups.

It’s No Mystery Why George P. Bush Thinks the GOP Needs to Back Trump

by Laurence R. Jurdem

He’s doing what Bushes always do.

Newly Relevant: How Americans Responded to the Fear of Enemy Attacks in World War II

by Katherine DeFonzo

An interview with Matthew Dallek.

Vietnam Has Its Vietnam War. So Does Australia. So Do a Lot of Others.

by Jerry Lembcke

There’s even a group that hopes to remember “the lost cause.”

How Religion Drove George W. Bush's Decisions: An Interview with Biographer Jean Edward Smith

by Robin Lindley

“Rarely in the history of the United States has the nation been so ill-served as during the presidency of George W. Bush.”

Conversation: Are Historians Hedgehogs or Foxes?

by Walter Moss and Rick Shenkman

And which is better?

Here’s What Else We Should Be Remembering this 9/11

by Anthony Toth

In millions of people it brought out the better angels of our nature.

It Wasn’t Just Phyllis Schlafly Who Opposed the Equal Rights Amendment

by Jennifer Young

So did many feminists – until the 1970s (just as Schlafly became prominent).

9/11 Struck Fear in Americans for more than the Obvious Reasons

by Peter N. Stearns

15 years later it’s time to acknowledge why we reacted the way we did.

What Should We Make of Two Distinguished American-Jewish Historians Rejecting Zionism?

by Ralph Seliger

Here’s why I think they’re wrong.

This Awful Election Year Is Revealing the Horrible Politics of Ancestry

by Pearl Duncan

This ancestry researcher has seen it before.

Getting Ready for College? Think Along with Me. Ok?

by Vaughn Davis Bornet

Sage advice to young college students from a venerable historian.

The Constitutional Crisis We’d Face If Donald Trump Actually Became President

by Ronald L. Feinman

He may be down in the polls at present, but events might work in his favor. We need to be mindful of the outcome.

Are Trump and Putin in Cahoots?

by Bruce W. Dearstyne

This lesson from history suggests the charge came early enough for Trump to defuse it, but he might not be so lucky if another bombshell comes late in the race.

How Should Politicians Address the Legitimate Fears Voters Feel?

by Matthew Dallek

Eleanor Roosevelt showed the way.

Shoulda Woulda Coulda – A Presidential Role Model Donald Trump Desperately Needed

by Thomas Fleming

Just who exactly? Teddy Roosevelt.

The Birth of Eurasia

by Barry Cunliffe

Why people migrated to Eurasia.