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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

Bust of Harlan Fiske Stone, the 12th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Following Bad Precedents for Deciding Military Justice
President Reagan recites the Pledge of Allegiance with students from a Detroit Catholic school in 1984.
Affirming “Under God” Ruling Is a Higher Form of Patriotism
The United Nations headquarters in Geneva.
Will We Turn the U.N. Charter into a “Scrap of Paper”?
Mosul Grand Mosque in 2007
Bush Needs War — FAST
Space Shuttle Columbia launching
Can We Boldly Go There Any More?
Lockheed u 2c aircraft Image from Public domain images website
Brandishing Nukes–A Self-Defeating Policy
A tractor purchased through the Marshall Plan for France.
Grand Fenwick, Afghanistan and Iraq
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a press conference in Holland in 1964.
Asking Martin Luther King…
Anti-draft protest outside the Department of Justice in 1967.
The Draft — for Democracy
Depiction of General Scott capturing Mexico City during the Mexican-American War.
Getting Away from the “Quagmire” Cliché
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
Immunization poster from the early 1940s that says, " Immunization: Saves Lives," and shows a child receiving a vaccination.
Voluntary Vaccination: Deciding the Risk of Unknowable Danger
The South Carolina State Capitol.
Trent Lott Should Be History
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife before their assassinations in Sarajevo.
The Enduring Lesson of Sarajevo
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris's 1912 illustration, The First Thanksgiving, 1621
Now, About that First Thanksgiving Dinner…
President George W. Bush
Policies for the Fearful: Rollback Then, Regime Change Now
The Reception of Lord Byron at Missolonghi painting by Theodoros Vryzakis.
An Historic Question: Over There or Over Here?
President of the United States Ronald Reagan in a briefing with National Security Council staff on the Libya bombing on 15 April 1986.
The National Insecurity State
Theatrical poster for the American release of the 1952 film High Noon
War with Iraq: The Movie
Emperor Hirohito of Japan in 1971.
Playing Fast and Loose with Historical Analogies
Stamp of Salvador Allende, the former Chilean president overthrown in 1973.
Regime Change: New Name, Dangerous Old Policy
Portrait of Jimmy Carter from 1979.
The Nobel Committee Speaks to America
Sacking of Rome.
Bush’s Road Leads Back to Rome’s Empire
President LBJ's "Midnight Address" on the 2nd Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964.
Remember the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
September 17: The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
The Constitution, Congress and the Power to Declare War
Zbigniew Brzezinski at Camp David in 1978.
Meddlers Hamstring Iraq Policy
Maurycy Gottlieb - Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.
Yom Kippur: A First Step to Peace
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
Copy of an 1890 lithograph depicting the Battle of New Orleans during the Revolutionary War.
A New Resource in the War Against Terrorism?
The Brazilian flag and a soccer ball
Brazil’s Soccer Mania: An Example for the World
1942 photo of an American flag.
The Changing Symbolism of Old Glory
Vigil commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 1989 massacre
New Protests in China Won’t Be the Last
neon sign that says Quiz with question marks around it
History Teaching: Still Crazy After All These Years
A map showing Israel and Palestine
Palestine and Israel: A Case of Incomplete Decolonization
Jean-Marie Le Pen in 2006.
Far Right’s Electoral Success in France has Deep History
Medical examination photo of Gordon showing his scourged back, widely distributed by Abolitionists to expose the brutality of slavery. From at least the 1860s onwards, photography was a powerful tool in the abolitionist movement.
Can Reparations Heal the Wounds of Slavery?
Palestine & Israel flags
Israeli and Palestinian Fantasies Block the Way to Peace
Portrait of James Madison.
The Hidden Consequences of Campaign Finance Reform
The White House lit in green light for St. Patrick's Day.
9/11 and 3/17: Closer Than You Think
1911 portrait of King George V, ruler of the British Empire.
The Risks of Unilateralism
Judge Charles W. Pickering, Sr.
Ghosts of Mississippi Haunt Pickering’s Nomination
President George W. Bush in 2004.
When the Axis Was Truly Evil
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen in 2012.
War Crimes: The “New Era” Looks Like the Old
American flag fluttering in the breeze.
War Without End Brings Endless Dangers
Print of a tar and feathering in Boston from1774.
Economic Justice — in the Streets