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Exterior view of the Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India,
The Bhopal Chemical Gas Disaster

Mikhail Bakunin speaking to members of the International Workingmen's Association at the Basel Congress in 1869.
Back When a Socialist Was a Socialist
2011 protest in New Jersey by Garden State Equality in support of same-sex marriage and against deportation of LGBT spouses.
Voting Away Others’ Rights
The Palins and McCains in Fairfax, Virginia, September 2008.
Why the Sarah Palin Gamble Didn’t Pay Off
This young girl is a refugee from South Ossetia.
Clash in the Caucasus: Georgia, Russia, and the Fate of South Ossetia
Barack Obama was inaugurated at the United States Capitol on January 20, 2009.
The Strong Wind at His Back
A solemn crowd gathers outside the Stock Exchange after the crash. 1929.
This Year’s Equation: 1920 + 1932 = 2008
American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932.
The Bailout: A Far Cry from Socialism
Whig cartoon showing the effects of unemployment on a family that has portraits of Democratic Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren on the wall.
The Bank Crisis Blame Game, Then and Now
Republican Presidential Candidate Sen. John McCain and President George W. Bush.
Punishing the Past: Presidential Elections in Times of Crisis (1932, 1968, 2008)
McCain formally announces his candidacy for president in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 2007.
Why McCain and His Running Mate Demand Special Scrutiny
San Francisco frae the Marin Heidlands, with the Gowden Gate Brig in the foregroond.
The Real West Is an Urban West
Seal of the Vice President of the United States.
The Vice Presidency Should Not Be an Accident Waiting to Happen
Launching of the USS RALPH JOHNSON in Mississippi.
A New Cold War in the Caribbean?
man with giant crab
A Tale of Two Fisheries: Fishing and Over-Fishing in American Waters
Washington Receiving a Salute on the Field of Trenton by John Faed, featuring Blueskin.
Does Experience Really Help?
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin Distorts the Founders’ Religious Views
The Winter Olympic Torch at Salt Lake City, 2002.
Playing Politics: Olympic Controversies Past and Present
Logo of the Merida Initiative.
War on Drugs: What Won’t Work — Again
Vice President Walter Mondale speaking with President Jimmy Carter.
Why the Vice-Presidential Nominees Will Be Presidential
King Capital, caricature by the Slovenian graphic artist and illustrator Hinko Smrekar (first half of the 20th century).
Why Business Loves Laissez Faire
A cover of the Koran, the holy book of Islam.
What's in a Name?: The Meaning of 'Muslim Fundamentalist'
"The Bosses of the Senate" (1889). Reformers like the cartoonist Joseph Keppler depicted the Senate as controlled by the giant moneybags, who represented the nation's financial trusts and monopolies.
The Dreary Science Meets Politics
Fidel Castro during a visit to Washington.
Why Economic Sanctions Often Fail
President Nixon signing a bill in 1972.
When Congress Failed to Stop the Vietnam War
'Taiwan is My Country' Sticker.
Taiwan's 2008 Elections: A New Direction for the 'Other China'?
The 1999 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, Chief Justice William Rehnquist presiding
How Presidential Power Became Untouchable
First edition dust jacket cover of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's 1973 book Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. The book conveys Thompson's experience covering the 1972 US presidential election, particularly the (ultimately unsuccessful) campaign of Democratic nominee George McGovern.
Democrats Must Beware the Curse of 1972
A home for sale in Columbus, OH. Picture by the author.
(Fore)Closing on the American Dream
The Kenya flag.
Beyond 'Tribes': Violence and Politics in Kenya
J.P. Morgan
Time (Yet Again) for Preventative Regulation
President Harry Truman in 1945.
Can This Election Produce Another Hundred Days?
Russian President (soon to be Prime Minister) Vladimir Putin
After Putin? Russia's Presidential Elections
United States soldier distributes food aid to a Afghanistan province
Food for Peace Must Remain an American Priority
John Trumbull's portrait of Alexander Hamilton.
This Won’t Be the Last Political Sex Scandal
President Ronald Reagan sitting in the Oval Office Study in 1985.
Misremembering Reagan
Michelle Obama speaks at the 2008 Democratic National Convention
Superdelegates: An Obstacle on the Road to Democratic Elections
Barack Obama in 2008
How Eloquence Has Paved the Way to the White House
A minuteman statue depicted on the Massachusetts state quarter
The Second Amendment Goes to Court
Abandoned nuclear weapons depot in Northern Germany.
What About the WMDs that DO Exist?
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Oval Office in 2009.
Don’t Get Tough, Barack
President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act as MLK and other civil rights leaders look on.
Can today’s candidates revive Martin Luther King’s “shattered dreams”?
Flags at Hague Convention
The Politics of International Adoption
U.S. Army Maj. Robert Rodriguez shakes hands with a local child.
Conflict Termination: How to End -- and Not to End -- Insurgencies
US Senator Mitt Romney of Utah.
The “Wall of Separation” Has Preserved Religion — Including Mormonism
Woodrow Wilson in 1911.
The Peril of Absolute Power
Arabic Plaque at the Great Mosque in Xi'an (Paul Louis, photographer)
Tradition vs Charisma: The Sunni-Shi'i Divide in the Muslim World
U.S. National Archives building
New Laws Needed to Stop Bullying of National Archives
A protest for nuclear disarmament
We Cannot Afford to Neglect Nuclear Disarmament