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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, …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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, …

… Tocqueville noted in the 1830s, Americans are renowned for combining “separation of church and state” with intense, … revivalism follows chronological cycles. It often becomes especially strong when shifts in the economy or in a … most are part of the middle class which politicians feel compelled to cater to in almost every piece of legislation. …

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … for the presidency by one of the major parties and come November she may well be elected America's first female … roles in both political parties, each party had a women's division, and they put in a lot of hard work in getting out …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… Greco-Turkish war erupted. The war resulted in the largest compulsory population exchange in history up to that time (2 … Reports soon circulated that these untrained volunteers committed acts of violence against their Muslim neighbors. … captured 15,000 prisoners of war and encircled numerous divisions as they tailed the Greek troops to the coast. The …

… reputation by ordering his men to attack their former comrades in arms with tear gas and riot weapons and burn … ended in squalor, won few concessions and underscored the divisions of the late 1960s. Dramatic demonstrations against …

… Eric Michael Rhodes: Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together … Yeah, that's right. Dr. Asher Orkaby: Part of this is a division between Sunni and Shia Islam--is a brief … about the role of US foreign policy in Yemen, there's a division between the interests in the Congress, and what …

… 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, …

… The reality of the Islamic kingdoms in Iberia was far more complex. Castilian ambassadors attempt to ally themselves … of unrest were already apparent. Factions emerged among competing groups—including among the ruling Umayyad dynastic … came to discriminate even against converts. The threat of division, greater than the threat of religion, is what …

… into law on April 3, 1948. The Marshall Plan, as it’s more commonly known, was intended to revive the economies of … Policy Planning Staff, and the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee reported on the continent’s dire economic state, … economy committed to capitalism, however, hardened early divisions between Western- and Soviet-occupied lands. …