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Olympic Broadcasting Services covering the men's 10 kilometre marathon swim at the 2012 Olympic Games.
The Big Game on the Small Screen: The Televised Transformation of Sport

This photo shows Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR), which was transported from bases in the U.S. and air dropped to regions of Afghanistan where the displaced people are at risk of starvation.
Democracy’s Vital Ingredient — Food
The Dream of Worldwide Democratic and Social Republics – The Pact Between Nations, a print prepared by Frédéric Sorrieu, 1848.
Nationalism in Decline
Bust of Senator Robert La Follette in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
When Principle May Be the Best Policy
Cartoon in Punch, 1906.
For Iraq, a Lesson from Africa
Spanish and French troops in Afghanistan in 2005.
Calling Al-Qaeda Fascist Doesn’t Make It So
tanks and soldier fighting in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The World’s Longest War
A plume of smoke rising from a neighborhood in Beirut following an Israeli strike in 2006.
Why Israel’s Campaign Will Likely Fail
Thomas Jefferson
The Road to a New American Aristocracy
Photo of a nuclear explosion.
The Dawn of the Second Cold War
President Lyndon B. Johnson visiting American troops in Vietnam in 1966.
The Ambiguities of “Cut and Run”
The West Virginia State Penitentiary electric chair, also known as "Old Sparky."
The Truth About Capital Punishment: It’s Inherently Cruel
People celebrating anniversary of the revolution in Mashhad in 2014.
Iran: Still Struggling toward Self-Determination
The "We Can Do It!" war-propaganda poster from 1943 was re-appropriated as a symbol of the feminist movement in the 1980s.
Which Side Are We On in the Struggle for Women’s Freedom?
Labor Secretary Elaine Chao in 2005.
Written With the Blood of Miners
Marines from 1st Battalion 7th Marines enter a palace during the Battle of Baghdad.
Iraq War a Major Departure in American Foreign Affairs
Immigrants on ocean steamer passing the Statue of Liberty, New York City, 1887.
Strangers in the Land: An Old Theme Replayed
Portrait of President James K. Polk from 1846.
The Lessons of Mr. Polk’s War
Col C.B. Winders shooting a gun in the 1910s.
Reconstructing the Second Amendment
President George W. Bush shakes hands with China's President Hu Jintao following his visit and meeting Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008, with the Chinese leader at Zhongnanhai, the Chinese leaders compound in Beijing.
What Open Skies Can Do For Chinese-American Relations
People arriving at Ellis Island in the early 20th century.
Noncitizens have the obligations of citizens-so why not the right to vote?
John F. Kennedy and Dr. Alvin Weinburg at the Graphite Reactor Oak Ridge National Lab in 1959.
The Dangers – Then and Now – of a Pre-Emptive Strike
San Francisco earthquake 1906
San Francisco 1906 and Katrina 2005: The Increasing Costs of Unpreparedness
President Bush visiting American troops in Saudi Arabia on Thanksgiving Day, 1990.
Selling Iraq with the Wrong Pitch
President George W. Bush meets with his cabinet after his re-election.
The Founders Never Imagined a Bush Administration
US propaganda leaflet used in Afghanistan, with bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Fighting a Cold War Against Osama bin Laden
Henry Ford with a Model T in 1921.
What Bill Ford Is Learning from Great-Grandpa
US Capitol, meeting place of Congress.
After Past Scandals, Real Reforms
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, shakes hands with a US Air Force general officer prior to his departure from the United States
The Need to Talk with Iran
President George W. Bush addressing Congress in 2001 with Vice President Dick Cheney and House Speaker Dennis Hastert standing behind him.
Wartime Powers: Lincoln’s Restraint, Bush’s Excess
Engraving of René Descartes.
A Triumph for Religion as Well as Science
A view of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
A Dawn of Peace in Bethlehem?
Photo of a healthcare worker holding an elderly person's hand.
Ducking Out on Retiree Benefits
Portrait of Thomas Paine from 1792.
Paine’s Counsel for a New Time that Tries Men’s Souls
Herbert Hoover
We Could Use a Man like Herbert Hoover Again
The United States Army Drill Team.
Should the Military Take Charge in Emergencies?
A Mobil gas station in 1982.
A Case for Gasoline Price Controls
Pledging his support, President George W. Bush talks via telephone to New York Governor George Pataki and New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Wilson and Bush: Unready Internationalists
Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. during a meeting with Senator Patrick Leahy on August 29, 2005
Give Roberts Some Breathing Room
2006 map of North Korea and South Korea.
Applying the Antarctic Solution to the Korean Nuclear Impasse
American W84 warhead from the 1980s.
Nuclear Arms Control – Now, More than Ever
Two baseballs.
Why Dick Allen Never Reached the Hall
A dry ice bomb mid-explosion.
It’s Not How to Make a Bomb That’s the Problem, But Why
Atomic bomb damage on Hiroshima gas building.
Time to Confront the Ethics of Hiroshima
US Marine Corps during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
“Operation Mississippi Freedom”: When State-Sponsored Terrorism Was American
"We the People" Inscription located on the facade of the National Constitution Center.
How Europe Might Learn from American Constitution-Making
European Union flag fluttering in the wind.
Europe Already Has a Working Constitution
PPI Drug Testing by Cambodia, PPI Network, CC BY 2.0, Flickr
Pro Sports Can Run, But They Can’t Hide
President George W. Bush sitting at his desk in 2001.
Social Security: False Crisis, Destructive Solutions