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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

The Senate's side of the U.S. Capitol Building.
The Framers vs. Sen. Frist
the U.S. Constitution, COM Library, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Why Getting Rid of the Filibuster Is Still a Good Idea
American nuclear missile from the early Cold War in its original launch silo.
A Basis for Hope in the Middle East
Legislative members are seen exhausted while listening to lengthy testimony during floor action on the articles for impeachment of judge Sam Smith.
The Poisonous Cry for Judicial Impeachment
Pope Francis smiling from inside a car as he leaves the White House in 2015.
Embracing the Pope–Selectively
President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967.
How to Intervene and Get Out
Former President Jimmy Carter
Putting Ex-Presidents Back to Work
An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery, Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, March 1, 1780. Pennsylvania State Archives.
The Forgotten First Step Toward Freedom
State of Israel Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, pictured during a defense meeting held at the Pentagon in Washington, District of Columbia (DC).
Is Sharon Following in the Steps of Nixon and de Klerk?
The Education of Little Tree by Forest Carter book cover.
Fake Autobiographies: A Great American Tradition
Howard Dean speaking at a rally in 2003.
How to Rise from the Political Deathbed
An array of non-lethal guns laid out on a table.
Taking a Big Bite Out of the Second Amendment
Allen Weinstein
Will They Be the National (Secret) Archives?
President George W. Bush and his wife Laura listening to a Missouri elementary student read aloud to them.
Can Bush Avoid the Curse of Re-election?
An unidentified U.S. Marine Corps corporal fires his weapon at a wounded, unarmed Iraqi lying on the floor of a gutted mosque in Fallujah, Nov. 13, 2004. by Kevin Sites found on NPR.org
Shooting the Wounded: What Are the Rules Now?
President George W. Bush sitting at his desk across from his dogs in 2005.
He’s Just a Prez Who Can’t Say No
George W. Bush at the White House in 2003.
Can Bush out-Hoover Hoover?
India and Pakistan highlighted on a map.
“Open Skies” for India and Pakistan?
Pledge of Allegiance plaque
When Congress Tampers with the Court’s Independence
President George W. Bush in 2004.
Bush: Gaining on James Buchanan for Last Place
Portrait of General Winfield Scott.
When “Sensitivity” Has Opened the Road to Victory
U.S. soldiers in Iraq in 2007.
Nation-Building Demands Heavy Lifting
President Gerald Ford in 1975.
The Forgotten Virtues of Gerald Ford
El 5 de julio por S. Davies, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
What’s Really At Stake in the Venezuelan Election
A woman voting in the early 20th century.
Could We Postpone the Election — Even If We Wanted To?
John Kerry addressing reporters in 2015.
What’s a Convention For, Any More?
Protesters against the an anti-gay marriage amendment on the 2012 election ballot.
The Gay-Marriage Amendment: A Danger to the Constitution
President Bush makes remarks in 2006 during a press conference in the Rose Garden about Iran's nuclear ambitions and discusses North Korea's nuclear test.
Fighting a War in Name Only
An integrated classroom in Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C., in 1957.
The Unfinished Business of School Desegregation
Ronald Reagan toasting at a State Dinner during his presidency.
Behind the Reagan Myths, a Mediocre Presidency
Reagan in 1982.
Measuring Reagan for Greatness
The Algerian flag.
Torture in Iraq: Lessons from Algeria
The Champs Elysees crowded with French patriots after the liberation of Paris in 1944.
We Didn’t Go It Alone in 1944
Transmission tower in Tennessee in the 1940s.
Back to the Future With Thomas A. Edison
Poster that says, "Resist," at a Yale University anti-draft rally in 1968.
The Political Costs of Filling the Ranks
Paul Bremer in 2003.
Iraq Repeats Long-Ago Mistakes in the Philippines
Paul Bremer in 2003.
Iraq Repeats Long-Ago Mistakes in the Philippines
Integrated classroom in 1955.
The Long-Term Legacies of Brown v. Board
Hessian troops surrendering to General George Washington after the Battle of Trenton.
The Return of the Mercenary
Aftermath of the al-Qaida bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania in 1998.
When America Was Considered a Rogue Nation
Photo of A. Mitchell Palmer, a congressman from Pennsylvania who later became the U.S. Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson.
Cracking Down on Dissent
WE.177A was an air-launched boosted fission weapon deployed by the UK
The Two Sides of the Nuclear Coin
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver in 2007.
An Immigrant in the White House? But Will It Be Arnold?
UN forces crossing the 38th Parallel in 1950.
Why We Need to Rearm Iraq
A sculpture of Jesus's crucifixion from the eighteenth century.
History Through a Faith-Based Lens
President Eisenhower in Holland in 1951.
Will the United States Start a New Nuclear Arms Race?
First Lady Michelle Obama reading a Dr. Seuss book to children at the White House.
Celebrating the “Seussentennial”
The historic Floyd County Courthouse in Rome, Georgia.
Marcus Dixon or Strom Thurmond: Which Is the Predator?