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Canada’s Dark Side: Indigenous Peoples and Canada’s 150th Celebration

… things have to change. We must confront our colonial thinking and attitudes and redefine what Canadian-ness means. We … Nations in 1869 ( middle ).  Nakoda chieftains meeting with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II in Calgary in 1939 ( … as those laid out in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 (working out the details of the peace at the end of the Seven …

The Shifting Terrain of Latin American Drug Trafficking

… and elsewhere. The violence associated with the trafficking of illicit narcotics and stimulants continues to stoke … such a great cost both in money and human lives. The trafficking of illicit drugs is a signature Latin American … unleashed a crackdown on the Medellín cartel following the assassination, which forced Escobar and the Ochoa brothers …
President Bill Clinton in 1999.

History of Sixth-Year Elections Bodes Well for Democrats

… had ascended to the presidency following William McKinley’s assassination, Republicans increased their majority in the … has been, the record is much worse in off-year elections taking place in the sixth year (or later, in the case of …
Flag of Crimea

3/3/14: A Volatile Crimea

… relationships and intricacies of this problem in Charles King's piece in the  New York Times's  "Opinion Pages." with …
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife before their assassinations in Sarajevo.

The Enduring Lesson of Sarajevo

… Bush warned at the November ceremony in Lithuania marking the latest round of NATO expansion. The president … at large. Saddam Hussein’s forces could succeed in attacking American troops with chemical or biological weapons, or … without a decades-long military occupation of Iraq. In seeking to contain one threat to international stability, we …
Aftermath of the al-Qaida bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania in 1998.

When America Was Considered a Rogue Nation

… exporting terrorism, the nation’s senior officials risk making serious policy mistakes today. The United States a … America, Western Europe, and even the faraway Hawaiian kingdom were convinced that the United States had become a … critics in the 1850s believed American leaders were winking at filibusters. The Atlantic Monthly charged U.S. …
Dian Fossey with mountain gorilla.

Dian Fossey: Conservationist in the Mist

… of behavior, Fossey replaced a fallacious stereotype of a King Kong-like, violent gorilla with an almost idealized … Ghana, West Africa, for example, has demonstrated that working with, rather than against, local communities is a more …
Greek amphora, or jug, from c. 540 BCE showing two hoplite phalanxes engaged in combat. Hoplites were the heavy infantry who formed the backbone of most Greek armies in the Classical Age.

A Fragmented History of Ancient Generalship

Review of The Classical Art of Command: Eight Greek Generals Who Shaped the History of Warfare, by Joseph Roisman (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017)
… with more obscure ones. Leonidas, the doomed Spartan king who stood at Thermopylae, and Themistocles, the hero of … in the ancient Greek world generally consisted of picking the battlefield and deploying one’s forces, although … mindsets. The results, while more cautious than groundbreaking, provide a deep insight into the Greek psyche and also …
Image of Lou Gehrig from a Sports Exchange All-Stars trade card.

Celebrating a Genuine American Hero

… his good looks, quick wit and intelligence, but because his assassination represented the loss of the limitless … of a necessity. At 6 feet and 200 pounds, Gehrig was a strikingly handsome young man with a rock-solid physique that … team,” Gehrig appeared in every game the Yankees played. Shaking off injuries, illnesses and even, in the last season of …
An official portrait of Vice President Dick Cheney taken in 2005

Cheney: Silent Partner to the President

… humorist Finley Peter Dunne, in the guise of saloon keeper Martin J. Dooley, perhaps captured the office best when he … a key adviser. In fact, Mondale enhanced the office by taking on duties traditionally performed by the president. …
The U.S.-Economic Cooperation Administration created numerous posters to promote the Marshall Plan in Europe. This one, depicting the flags of various Western European countries receiving Marshall Plan aid, was produced in 1950.

The Marshall Plan

… nearly $13 billion to primarily France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and West Germany, the program was an …
Anti-Christian sign in Federal Plaza Chicago 2008

Slavery, Gay Rights, and the Bible

… think of using the Bible to defend the divine authority of kings or to argue that seizing land from the Native … whole millions of its sacred influence.” Douglass was speaking of masters and slaves, but his essential point remains …
Actors in the Berezil troupe, 1922.

Ukrainian Theater on the Soviet Stage

… wartime conditions, they did a play about the murder of a king and the ensuing chaos and devastation, painfully … Soviet culture, which tends to focus on artists working in Moscow making “Soviet” art, or on non-Russian artists making
French demonstrators with purple signs that read "ras le viol"

Violence Against Women

… the BBC wrapped up the taping of The Fall in the United Kingdom , a series focused on one female detective's attempt … problem developed? And, Cathy, we'd like to begin by asking you this question.   Cathy Rakowski  Sure. The … very important to be specific in context when you're looking at different forms of violence, right? When we're …
Paul Ryan, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

Ryan’s Hope: A Vice Presidency in the Tradition of Dick Cheney and Joe Biden

… humorist Finley Peter Dunne, in the guise of saloon keeper Martin J. Dooley, perhaps captured the office best when he … Henry Harrison, who resolved the matter by impulsively taking the oath of office as president after Harrison’s … adviser. In fact, Mondale enhanced the office by taking on duties traditionally performed by the president. …
Government of National Unity in 2009. Left to right: Arthur Mutambara, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, and Thabo Mbeki.

A Lesson for South Africa? Zimbabwe’s Path to Multi-Party Rule

… such as Botswana, Zambia, Lesotho, and Swaziland (now Kingdom of Eswatini), all of which transitioned to … years. I repeat that I believe in blacks and whites working together. If one day it is white, the next day it is … amendment.  MDC was formed in September 1999, marking a historic turning point in the political history of …
Dolley Madison, 1804, by Gilbert Stuart.

Women’s History and a Woman’s Subtle Power

… elections, as well as their personnel — generals, soldiers, kings and candidates.   No one tells us more about all the …   The official men of the government did not know that working together would be the salvation of the bipartisan … and finally see it as her lasting gift to the nation. By making politics a party to which everyone is invited, Dolley …