U.S. Politics

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Most U.S. casualties, like these in a C-17 military transport aircraft, return to Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. (unknown date)
For Mom, Blueberry Pie — and Iraq?
American soldier conducting patrol with an Iraqi soldier.
What the Vietnam War Tells Us About Iraq
Official Portrait of President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan
“The Reagans”: The Spirit of Censorship Lives
President JFK giving an address on civil rights in June, 1963.
A President Who Was Still Growing
Valerie Plame in 2008.
A Dirty–and Deadly–Trick
1992 portrait of General Wesley K. Clark.
Wesley Clark: In the Tradition of Generals Who Make Peace
Antichristus, a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder: the pope depicted as the Antichrist, using his temporal power to grant authority to a generously contributing ruler.
The Bible as a Political Tool
The Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C.
“What I Did On My Summer Vacation,” by the President
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders in 1963.
Giving Up on the Dream?
Illustration of Adam and Eve.
Changing the Constitution to Protect Adam and Eve?
Mosul Grand Mosque in 2007
Bush Needs War — FAST
Anti-draft protest outside the Department of Justice in 1967.
The Draft — for Democracy
Custis Lee (1832–1913) on horseback in front of the Jefferson Davis Memorial in Richmond, Virginia on June 3, 1907, reviewing Confederate Reunion Parade.
Trent Lott and the Collapse of Southern Mythology
The South Carolina State Capitol.
Trent Lott Should Be History
September 17: The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
The Constitution, Congress and the Power to Declare War
Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center display.
America Needs New Words on Sept. 11
Etching of Theodore Roosevelt.
Our Federal Government: Still for Sale
Logo of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Time to End Deregulation
Wall street and Broadway, New York City
A New Deal Prescription for Gordon Gekko
1942 photo of an American flag.
The Changing Symbolism of Old Glory
Portrait of James Madison.
The Hidden Consequences of Campaign Finance Reform
Judge Charles W. Pickering, Sr.
Ghosts of Mississippi Haunt Pickering’s Nomination
Print of a tar and feathering in Boston from1774.
Economic Justice — in the Streets
The Second Bank of the United States.
Enron’s Collapse Follows a Familiar Pattern