Search Results

… exchanges and cooperation between their armed forces. A competition in armaments between China and the United States … must be developed between the United States and China to lessen mutual suspicion regarding each other’s military … It is not just the United States that is on pins and needles over the augmentation of Chinese military forces. Japan …

… bilateral trade, illegal immigration, and joint efforts to combat drug trafficking. Political reform in Mexico should … a new president who promises a dramatic break from the past and wholesale political reform. The U.S. champions this … in Norfolk, Virginia and a writer for the History News Service. …

… the first to use it, we had adopted an ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages. I was not taught … one of the most disturbing episodes in the nation's past. Uday Mohan, a writer for the History News Service, is a graduate student at American University who is …

… spirit. Even in the mid-19th century, New York City was in competition with new garden suburbs that beckoned well-to-do … open space, and cheap commuter steamer and train service into the city.   Legislators expected a return on … Gardens, transforming London's West End from marshy pastureland into the world's most elegant address.          …

… result of natural processes, of random genetic variation passed through the sieve of natural selection. To a … and natural theology was a debate within the scientific community of the day. Within the modern scientific … Massachusetts Amherst and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… conceived.” Under Cheney, the vice presidency has become an extension of the presidency itself. Adams was not … Cheney and Bush have changed all that. Never in the past has there been a relationship between a president and … of the nine men who have served in that office over the past 50 years have gone on to the White House. Other changes …

… in state and local races across the land.  Many pundits are comparing this election to the election of 1994, when anger … was quite a radical document — though quite the opposite of the proposals of today's Tea Party.  It called for … government ownership of the railroads, so farmers would pay less to transport their goods, and for the federal …

… system and beyond.  Satellites make possible the modern communications, navigation, weather, and other space-based services we take for granted.     So why aren't astronauts … the examples of the Internet and GPS, has done it in the past.  Both of those technologies are now essential parts of …

… half later, this same spirit motivates the groups of Irish lesbians and gays who in the 1990s began battling parade … this ideal, but it's important to recognize how far we've come. It's in this sense that the St. Patrick's Day parade … in Worcester, Mass., and a writer for the History News Service. …

… that sought to abolish the college, that of the late 1960s, passed Congress but failed to be ratified by the requisite three-fourths of the states. Why is that? The American … whose members can deliberately and calmly assess the outcome of an election and judge its impact upon the public …

… atomic bombing of two Japanese cities. Most reporters and commentators who write about Hiroshima and Nagasaki … one of the most disturbing episodes in our nation's past. Uday Hohan, a writer for the History News Service, is a graduate student at American University who is …

… campaign espouse a program that goes right back to the Articles of Confederation. Whatever we think of it, the movement … that Congress was debating a declaration of independence, a committee was drafting the Articles. Its purpose was to form … Louise W. Knight, who writes for the History News Service, is the author of "Jane Addams, Citizen: Jane Addams …

… What would cause an apparently normal young woman to commit such a brutal act? Some commentators believe they … as an example of the “moral chaos” of modern American life: Past social standards of sexual behavior have been replaced … University of Notre Dame and a writer for the History News Service. [The Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, …

… Eisenhower stated, “Open Skies” would have the effect of “lessening danger and relaxing tension” between the two … bin Laden himself, are in that area. For the international community to finish off al-Qaida, uninterrupted cooperation … peace and economic prosperity worldwide will make terrorism less likely to prosper. There are other reasons for the …

… an act of treason. Not that there’s been a shortage of past Oval Office shenanigans. Presidents and their underlings have committed numerous immoral, illegal or dodgy acts. They’ve … with terrorist groups, Reagan officials secretly sold missiles to Iran and used the proceeds to buy guns for the …

… Many Americans look no further into their past than the Vietnam War for instructive analogies about Iraq. They had better search further. While comparisons of Iraq with Vietnam may stir Howard Dean’s … President Clinton’s profligate use of cruise missiles and high-altitude bombing tactics, which worked against …

… on legal opinions from Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Professor John Yoo, then working in the White House, … insisted that there can be no limits to the power of the commander-in-chief in time of war. More recently the … and balances 30 years ago during the Vietnam War, Congress passed laws making clear that presidents were not to engage …

… Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence will, once again, command center stage. It will be quoted and read in its … and protection from a hopelessly corrupt Europe. Like a preacher urging his congregation to embark on a … Jefferson, on the other hand, believing that his national service had been completed with the writing of the …

… to tell his usually hand-picked audiences that Iraq will become more democratic and prosperous because of America’s … environment.   Iraqis now suffer a lower level of basic services than they did a year ago, despite our having spent … Adamson is an independent historical consultant and researcher based in the San Francisco Bay Area. …

… the case with grievously erring heads of state in times past. Within the Anglo-American constitutional tradition — … Before 1600 (the period most of the English precedents come from), of course, one has to be careful when using … at Auburn University and a writer for the History News Service. …

… corps. Though embarrassing to American diplomats, the cables are valuable precisely because are filled with astute, … States. For the first century of U.S. history, the consular service was a haven for corruption, in which diplomats were … he spent the majority of his time working as a de facto commercial agent for the wealthy New England merchant …

… a famous politician dies, obituary writers and other commentators immediately start comparing the departed figure … much too kind to the two political figures. There is a lesson in all this for the current occupant of the White … of California, Irvine, a writer for the History News Service and the author of "China's Brave New World -- And …