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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?

… He has been engaging in serious negotiations with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. It was Sharon’s visit to … for this apparent transformation. Sharon is working toward complete Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip, … of the Permian Basin and a writer for the History News Service. He is the author of "Freedom's Main Line: The …
A Mobil gas station in 1982.

A Case for Gasoline Price Controls

… successfully cut back many consumer prices. Bush frequently compares the war in Iraq to World War II. Last month, at a … Congress gave support to this new governmental agency by passing the Emergency Price Control Act in 1942. The OPA … in Arlington, Tex., and is a writer for the History News Service. …
A "bucket brigade" works to clear rubble and debris on September 14, 2001.

United We Stand? The Unequal Costs of Mobilization

… for their lost brethren at the World Trade Center disaster site, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani urged the firefighters’ union … from new opportunities. But the patriotic fervor that accompanied wartime mobilization meant that unions were … in Bowling Green, Ohio, and a writer for the History News Service. …
General George S. Patton waving to crowds in Los Angeles, California in 1945.

Pragmatic de-Baathification is Key to Rebuilding Iraq

… infrastructure without utilizing the existing civil service. Most of the trained personnel were members of the … or expediency.” (This situation replicated itself in the communist states of eastern Europe; Vaclav Klaus, the first … absolutely necessary for maintaining society. The exiles led by the Iraqi National Congress simply do not have …
Illustration of Adam and Eve.

Changing the Constitution to Protect Adam and Eve?

… bingo games in the town of Jasper to providing for the compensation of the Judge of Probate in Barbour County. As a … Such a definition is already in the Defense of Marriage Act passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton in 1996. … of Martin Luther King and a writer for the History News Service. …
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?

… Vietnam — just declare victory in Iraq and withdraw. In the past, the United States has tried to apply the principle of … the last decades of the 20th century. Tales of Americans committing atrocities in Korea have persisted for decades. … University of Notre Dame and a writer for the History News Service. [The Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, …
The 2011 edition of Austin Pride.

Gay Rights: Separate but Equal?

… giant leap forward for their cause. Both activists and news commentators have compared this ruling to Brown v. Board of … Their decision overturned the 1896 Supreme Court ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson that said the Constitution allowed for … University of Notre Dame and a writer for the History News Service. [The Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, …
neon sign that says Quiz with question marks around it

History Teaching: Still Crazy After All These Years

… of this quotation: “Surely a grade of 33 in 100 on the simplest and most obvious facts of American history is not a … which any high school can take pride.” Does this statement come from: (a) A 1987 National Assessment, after which … the design-your-own-history curriculum of the Internet, the past comes at today’s teens from every quarter. A lot of …
Thomas Jefferson

The Road to a New American Aristocracy

… that the blood in their veins distinguished them from the common herd. Despite the rhetoric about property rights that … In the 18th century when a man died his estate often passed complete to his eldest son. This form of inheritance, … University in Bellingham and a writer for the History News Service. …
A portrait of Slobodan Milosevic

Glory and the New World Order

… of years the kings of Europe sought glory through a combination of military victories like Lepanto, the great … elections. But most dictators now, like the kings of ages past, want to feel that they are heroes fulfilling a destiny … at Auburn University and a writer for the History News Service. …
Signal Soldiers train to protect against Nuclear Biological and Chemical threats.

The Nuclear Theft From the Poor and Hungry

… fully expanded to other countries, and India and Pakistan come quickly to mind.   Pakistan recently conducted nuclear … hunger.   This sounds like common sense, but it did not pass Congress.   The United States spends an estimated $52 … year on nuclear weapons. The other nuclear powers are also pouring their treasuries into their nuclear ambitions. But …
The Kaiser Permanente Building after the Northridge Earthquake in 1994.

California Freeways: Still Seismically Unsafe

… engineers discovered that practically every freeway overpass and bridge in the state was at risk of collapse. … While older structures could be ‘retrofitted’ with cables to keep roadbeds from falling off their supports, the … and undervalued, the seismic program was still incomplete almost two decades later when Loma Prieta struck …
A black and white photo of Barry Goldwater in 1962.

Rick Perry, Social Security, and the Ghost of Barry Goldwater

… criticized Social Security but later backed away from his comments after his Republican opponents and the press jumped … Lyndon Johnson—Perry may not be able to overcome his past attacks on Social Security no matter how hard he tries. … that Perry’s position on Social Security makes voters less likely to vote for him and less confident about his …
"We the People" Inscription located on the facade of the National Constitution Center.

How Europe Might Learn from American Constitution-Making

… almost fully yoked themselves together under a single encompassing charter. What's more, the boundaries of the … in Washington, D.C., was co-founder of the History News Service. He is most recently the editor of A Century of … History News Service
A photo of the Great Synagogue of Rome.

The Catholic Church and the Holocaust

… “Christianize” the Holocaust in order to play down Catholic complicity in Nazi atrocities. This controversy comes at a … a priority of his papacy. He is the first pope to have visited one of the chief synagogues of Rome. Under his … of conscience” — a thorough consideration of one’s past sins. The time has come for the Catholic Church to …
An integrated classroom in Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C., in 1957.

The Unfinished Business of School Desegregation

… The 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education has come and gone. But in celebrating its achievements we have … throughout the country intend to do more than pay lip service to the idea of racial equality, they’ll be well … had either been actively endorsed through gerrymandering or passively upheld through the inaction of school boards. It …
President Harry Truman in 1945.

Can This Election Produce Another Hundred Days?

… and social welfare legislation. This is well known. But less attention has been paid to the stagnation of the New … upon when he won approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Security, unemployment insurance, a … in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. …
Former President Jimmy Carter

Putting Ex-Presidents Back to Work

… Baker as co-chair, Carter will lead a national bipartisan commission on election reform. His prestige and experience … productive bipartisan presidential partnerships. Over the past 20 years, Presidents Ford and Carter have collaborated … provide a channel to let former presidents perform useful service. One option is to make these men honorary members of …
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Oval Office in 2009.

Don’t Get Tough, Barack

… but one never talks to foreign potentates you don’t like unless you know from the outset that the result will be a win. … Great Migration' (1989) and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service
Marlin Stutzman US senate campaign, 2016 (Support a Balanced Budget Amendment)

An Amendment Whose Time Has Never Come

… to popular enthusiasm for a simplistic solution to fiscal complexities, a responsible minority treated the … sound constitutional judgment. A clear understanding of the past does not absolve these officials from the obligation to … made amendment difficult. They believed that the rules governing the obligations and conduct of government …
Fidel Castro in 1959

Easing Up on Cuba

… the Cold War was at its peak, and the Soviet Union had become Cuba’s patron, pouring billions annually into its ailing economy. … air travel between the two countries, reinstated mail service, eased delivery to Cuba of agricultural products, … History News Service
Chinese tanks in Beijing in 1989

Honoring China’s June 4th Martyrs

… What can and should members of the international community do to honor 1989’s Beijing martyrs? Not … to get these details right. Failure to do so does a disservice to the memory of those martyrs who were not … the Chinese regime in 1989 would have it. The June 4th butchery was a show of brute force intended to intimidate as …