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… has the potential to showcase democracy at its best. But if superdelegates choose the candidate without regard to the … and make their own choices free from the influence of the common people. Instead, nearly all states allowed the … to public office and many aspects of elections. Sometimes the balloting lasted for days, often deteriorating into …

… to the Supreme Court.   T.R. recognized that those who become judges invariably have had close association with … T.R. and Obama understood that empathy is often a prerequisite for impartiality.   Justice Holmes’s great colleague, … that is really designed to help achieve it.   To their credit, Theodore Roosevelt and Obama recognized that a judge …

… was brilliant, but the process nearly destroyed the text. Compounding the damage was the decision in 1841 to put the … to monitor the condition of the document using a $3 million computerized camera system designed by the Jet Propulsion … The Writing Is Faded, the Message Lives …

… How was disco a vital part of the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities in the 1980’s? … “Love is the Message”: Affirmation and Erasure of Black Queerness in Music …

… government repayment options, paying them off with other credit lines or just ignoring them. More interestingly, most … to the cost saving measures of the FDLP, especially when compared to the money funneled to private banks through … profits during the recession. The Obama administration assumes that by taking over student lending, the federal …

… overall historical significance, appetite for intrigue, and messy electoral politics. Written and narrated by Dr. … overall historical significance, appetite for intrigue, and messy electoral politics. …

… We'd like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are sites that – much like  Origins –  seek to bring history … our historical past. Each month, the site posts new book recommendations , historical films , and faculty research (in …

… Here's why.   The Great Depression was the result of the combination of the 1929 financial crisis and serious … path. The mortgage and financial crises have constricted credit and largely cut off business investment. Stagnant … of the distribution of wealth, working Americans' incomes and consumption. The consequence is that the economy is …

… the inner city. A Tang hot springs palace outside the city, site of one of China’s most famous love stories, serves as a … it’s a Daoist mountain to the east, a Buddhist reliquary complex to the west, or the tomb-speckled hillside to the … balance between the past and the future is tenuous at times, as is the case in cities worldwide. The preservation of …

… of natural areas as well as historic and other cultural sites, are often touted, justifiably, as world-class travel … the intellect with emotion and place. You can follow our common fight for independence and creating and keeping a … An archipelago in the far northwestern corner of Lake Superior, Isle Royale seems remote, and it is, at least by …

… A narrow stairway leads to Dier Es-Sultan, a contentious site atop the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. It now houses an … and other facets of Armenian life cluster around St. James Church. The quarter also acknowledges more recent … Residents of Silwan gather for a celebration at their community center. This is the same question the Palestinian …

… motives and the messianic revolutionary ideals of Russian communism. 2 Originating in Czarist Russia, traditional … of cooperation agreed upon at Yalta and Potsdam put the superpowers on a collision course. 5 In 1953 Soviet policy … in the Third World. In my opinion, Zubok gives far too much credit to Brezhnev for the reduction of tensions between …

… law, for instance, usury is now accepted as a standard accompaniment to the modern market economy. Indeed, one of … usury to thrive outside of accepted society but under supervision. This vision of society illustrated by … of debt in banking in the nineteenth century, the ease of credit acquisition in the twentieth century, and the …

… Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of plutonium, visited Richland, Washington, and the adjacent Hanford Nuclear … attends Operation Plumbbob as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1968 (left). The nuclear reactors at the Hanford … but his speech, entitled “Large-Scale Alchemy,” invoked themes of magic and wonder. Plutonium’s “unique promise of …

… central banks have authorized and backed with all the credit and trust they have been able to muster. Since the … Older historical thinking, however, suggests the opposite: that nation states, just like kingdoms and empires, … in order to separate it from the scandalous collapse of a commercial bank that had strong financial links to the king. …

… book readings, and film screenings captured the ideological message of each side, as they showed conflicting “ways of … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and welcome to Cultural Diplomacy and the Global Cold War, brought … So you see how often these cultural events became actually sites of tension, in which the official representatives of …

… holds great cultural significance as an ancient Hawaiian site and offers a fantastic opportunity to explore the … , or Hawaiian ruling class. Children, the elderly, and non-combatants could also find peace and shelter within a puʻuhonua during times of war.  Many such places existed throughout ancient …

… Once part of the Russian Empire of the tsars and then the Communist Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has been independent … of Kazakhstan” that has produced an online atlas of sites of historical, cultural, and religious significance. … to the Chinese border that we received “Welcome to China” messages on our phones. The monastery was built in the 17th …

… some ten thousand years ago to the seventh century of the common era. They tell the stories of successive … Tigris and Euphrates rivers in sustaining civilization in Mesopotamia (I will use this term interchangeably with … language) epic. Chapter six details the rule of the Kassites, who in many ways continued the practices established …

… dot the landscape and stand beside opera houses and statues commemorating prominent figures of German cultural heritage. … th century permeates the landscape of the German capital. A message of peace found at Berlin's East Side Gallery. Small … during the Cold War . The standoff between the two world superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, was …