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… and Washington, the news media are now brimming with comparisons of alcohol to marijuana prohibition and “lessons … drinking habit. In 1970, two legal scholars wrote a comparison of alcohol and marijuana law that I believe still … The courts generally came to see the state legislatures as competent to decide whether drinking was a public evil and …

… King. Jury selection began November 15. The case hardly comes as a surprise. In recent years, the King family has … a fairly straightforward case like the King assassination become complicated with such stale, predictable theories that it …

… theme the denunciation of Democrats as being soft on communism, opened up relations with the People’s Republic of … of state, Dean Acheson, ran a “College of Cowardly Communist Containment,” it was Nixon who radically improved … 1970 and think about predicting that Richard Nixon would be visiting China and Russia, tripling trade with both nations, …

… you do not discuss religion, sex, or politics in polite company. Sex to one side, in America’s Religious Wars, … lives, such as equality, freedom, limited government, community, dignity, and the distribution of resources. … as Sands sees it, religion-talk does not provide a common language with which to agree on visions, solutions, …

… With charges of fraud flying, Congress set up an electoral commission to settle the issue of who would be the next president. The commissioners were supposed to be like the original … paralyzed United States. Robert M. Saunders is a visiting Fulbright professor of American history at Hong …

… immortality. A better approach than polling is to compare Reagan with past presidents who are now regarded as … Reagan left office. Great presidents are also effective communicators. Lincoln was the finest speechmaker in … support for New Deal legislation. Reagan, dubbed the “Great Communicator,” was an enormously successful speaker. A …

… June 23, 2016, while most of the world was awaiting the outcome of the Brexit vote, another major historical event was … Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos and the supreme commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia … drug cartel (Left) . Secretary of State Colin Powell visiting Colombia in 2003 (Right) . While there were some …

… the exiles and the U.S. government joined in a powerful common cause to dump Castro, who, in the peak Cold War … pro quo. Slowly, however, the view of the Cuban-American community is changing, partly because Cuban immigration has … although Americans still need U.S. government permission to visit Cuba legally, many go illegally through third …

… of the sort espoused by Richard Rorty. The maneuver is a common one from the perspective of positivism. In The … monstrous infamy that is antisemitism. But it is useless, completely useless.” However, Lipstadt stops short of … of it all. However, when the triumphant Donald Trump visited Barack Obama in the White House after the election, …

… administration has added more than 1,000 individuals and companies to sanctions lists. The president has gloried in … from trade networks and the global financial system has become Washington’s foreign policy tool of choice. Indeed, the … absolutely no fear of you!” ( top ). President Bill Clinton visiting Hanoi in 2000 after normalization of relations …

… boys, River and Blue. Folks, you can unveil yourselves and come on to the screen if you'd like. Welcome thank you for joining us. Kip, Bart, and Jennifer, … of a fraction of that dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on …

… that these and other countries were entering into a competitive spiral of devaluations in an effort to export … term "currency war" promptly became a global buzz phrase. Commentators and public officials—like Dominque … contained. Trade in East Asia was fueled in part by silver coins from Mexico. Prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868 in …

… moves from the Jim Crow era. The opportunity to change our common legacy rests fully in our hands. Renaming these bases … American Civil War. In 1942, at the behest of Robert Sink, commander of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, the U.S. … Army renamed Camp Toombs as Camp Toccoa. The camp has become famous by virtue of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers …

… up to this point: to pay for everything from hospital visits to prescriptions, one needs health insurance. Of the … that translates to the future of American health care comes in his final chapter. “Health care cannot function,” … In this sense, government involvement remains a necessary component for healthcare to advance. In the author’s …

… began in 1817 and continue to this day, cholera ravaged communities and strained political and economic orders … interventions. However, the response of most states was a combination of both methods. They tended to be pluralistic, … centralized state and those opposed to it. The La Porteña locomotive made its inaugural trip on August 29, 1857 from Del …

… it mildly. Socialism, at least in the United States, has become a byword among Republicans for fiscally irresponsible … social security system that remains the envy of most visitors—and the pride of most French citizens. It … surrounded himself with celebrity and multi-billionaire visitors, whom he greeted while wearing designer suits, …

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… evangelical Rev. Billy Graham rose to celebrity denouncing communism as a "satanic religion," while Secretary of State … highest form of patriotism. Historian David Greenberg is a visiting scholar at the American Academy of Arts and …

… Over the past century, baseball has become a truly global game. The sport debuted at the Olympics … Este's stadium. Image by churl. But nowhere has baseball become more significant than in the Dominican Republic. In … A group of Major Leaguers including Babe Ruth, for example, visited countries like Japan in 1934 not just to spread the …

… Dwight D. Eisenhower and Republican legislators took unbecomingly large financial contributions from the appreciative … seen whether George W. will allow his administration to be completely captured by his fossil fuel buddies. Eisenhower, … the environmental movement proved to be a formidable competitor for legislators’ attention into the early 1990s. …

… cautious, thoughtful Obama was just plain weak, or worse: incompetent. Well, health care legislation has passed, the … and permanent. Everyone’s attention span is short. But the complex job of the president adheres to a different time … are now of Polk and Wilson. These presidents had in common the setting of a few clear goals and great …

… likely have to endure the result regardless of how much we come to regret it. The nation’s constitutional history is full of instances when the outcome of amendments varied from the original intent of those … that a wide range of matters from health care to hospital visitation rights to joint filing of income taxes ought to …

… With a sense of betraying la causa, I carried out mom's command. My mother was equally adamant that I was not to … and preservation. It will also use the suggestions of the community to evaluate how best to promote the public's visitation of these landmarks and to educate the young and …

… The 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education has come and gone. But in celebrating its achievements we have … old problem and that parents do not stop fighting when it comes to their children’s education. Children’s real needs … children to inferior and unequal education. Adina Back, visiting fellow at the New York University Institute for …