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… use history to justify their views. The problem is a common propensity to mangle the past to suit current needs, … of distant societies and events is worthless unless it is somehow useful to prove a current point. Americans love … their best to tell stories that reflect the past in all its complexity. But this is hard to do. Consider the current …

… old warrior from the Likud Party, has undertaken something that no one would have thought possible: He has … for this apparent transformation. Sharon is working toward complete Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip, … predicted Sharon to make it even this far. Two historical comparisons spring to mind when one considers the path that …

… dictate vice-presidential selection. Should Romney select someone from a large swing state or target a particular … or on appealing to independents? Some of those factors may come into play, yet the recent history of vice-presidential … perform under the pressure of a presidential campaign could complicate their chances.   It’s not that citizens base …

… are also experiencing moderate to severe drought, and this comes on the heels of a very dry decade. This long drought … United States John Wesley Powell stands as one of the most extraordinary scientists and explorers in America in the … Measuring Droughts over Geological Time As bad and worrisome as these more recent historical droughts in California …

… has been characterized by friction, contradictions, and competing visions of the goals of union. The most recent … the ancient cobbled streets of Zagreb on July 1, 2013 welcoming Croatia as the 28 th member of the EU. Even as states … and referendums on continued membership, the EU now faces some of the most daunting challenges to its core agenda of …

… congregated in streets and squares and demanded the end of communist rule. These are indelible images deeply impressed … in Poland where the word "opposition," unheard of under communism, was expressed publicly; the dismantling of the … from the former Soviet Bloc have attempted to recapture some of that miraculous moment with anniversary …

… European history that question is how did it come to pass that Europeans would differ so strongly from … attitudes toward standing armies and warfare, without coming down on one side or the other. Some Americans may object to Sheehan's generalized … , by Jeff Sheehan (Illustrated. 284 pp. Houghton Mifflin Company) …

… recreational use. Across the state, celebratory stoners welcomed the New Year by lining up at licensed retailers to buy … as well as potions, baked goods, and candies made from its extracts. With the current state-level push toward … was not borne out by evidence or actual events but blossomed thanks to the vivid imaginations of the journalists …

… containing the word “Watergate.” At the other extreme, some of Clinton’s defenders assert that the only connections … at the Democratic national headquarters at the Watergate complex in 1972. An abbreviated list of what came to be … of course, crimes, but if Clinton were ever shown to have committed these offenses, these would be his only crimes. In …

… sport provided a much-needed moment of collective joy.  The extraordinary achievement of the Afghan cricket team was … time that the United States hosted an international cricket competition. In fact, the first international cricket game … the sport, which took on diverse roles and meanings. For some, it was simply a popular pastime, providing …

… begins to fade, there’s a race among critics to find a compelling Rasputin or a group of gray eminences pulling the … is that the person closest to the president, his wife, is somehow left out of the picture. Those in search of … However anodyne Michelle Obama’s public image has become — with fashion magazine covers, visits to schools and …

… Several bomb blasts accompanied Hillary Clinton’s recent trip to Pakistan. This … was a wake-up call in more ways than one. The moment had come for Clinton to act more boldly as the nation’s top … by others, such as John Kerry and Joe Biden. This has led some critics to suggest a deliberate hedging strategy for a …

… Arabic, European, and Persian architectural styles, the complex embodied purposefully Egypt's place at the … in Iraq equals killing. The nature of those people is completely different. They are tough and bloody, and they … forces, arm and train them, wait for the emergence of some generals, don't oppose them, then stay in your camps in …

… we have often projected runs a current of disappointment sometimes bordering on despair. From the Puritan ministers … by the idea that the present seems pretty terrible in comparison with the past, even if that past is mythic or not … thing, and Rasmussen pairs each founder with a particular complaint. For Washington, it was partisanship. Even as he …

… as they have from the furor last summer triggered by comments about Beijing’s human rights record made by Bob … Eisner, are individuals who otherwise have little in common. Nonetheless, looking back over the last twelve … both sides, American warships moved toward the region, and some missiles were indeed fired from the Beijing side, …

… of solving a problem facing the entire world, the summit’s composition best resembles a hodgepodge of national-or what … the United States are called domestic-interest groups. To some extent this is true of any international gathering. But … the environment, gender discrimination and drug trafficking. Today there are, at least in the United States, …

… protection for gays?  Perhaps the same impulse — the same combination of religious fervor and fear of social collapse … has been replaced by a crusade against demonized sex.  This comparison is not as far-fetched as it might seem. In a 1998 … is seen as an intractable defender of another culture, someone who rejects the reformer’s values and really doesn’t …

… Fidel Castro is not exactly welcoming the new president of the United States with open arms. In his first public comments after George W. Bush’s inauguration, Castro said … of millions world-wide. There is one way he could dispel some of the concern about his lack of foreign policy …

… mountain views, Oaxaca City also offers vistas of Mexico's complex history. In 1521, Hernán Cortés sent Captain José … the construction the Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán. Some two hundred years later, the last stone was laid on … Mill). Oaxaca's rugged terrain means that many indigenous communities remain isolated: roughly 50% of the state’s …

… interests in the U.S. textbook publishing business. Liberal commentators and religious libertarians denounced the … skirmish in the culture wars in Texas got me thinking about something slightly different:  the history of religious … in the early twentieth century the Christian Science Committee on Publication in New York continually scoured the …

… and Bon Appétit podcasts, it is likely that you have heard someone discussing the importance of fresh and local … are not Pinkard's main research focus; she merely mentions some of the primary sources available for studying the … debates about food in the Enlightenment.  These books combine descriptions of food and ingredients with innovative …

… Korean President Moon Jae-in on August 2, 2019. “We have come this far today by overcoming countless hardships. Just … those issues were tensions that had been mounting for some time between Seoul and Tokyo over issues of historical … “defeat” South Korea again stood in stark contrast to his extraordinary restraint over the previous 11 days in the …

… it’s all in the eye of the beholder. Let’s examine some relevant recent history. Did Dwight D. Eisenhower “cut … that Eisenhower did the responsible thing when he quickly completed the truce negotiations that ended the fighting in … border of the People’s Republic of China at the Yalu River, communist China entered the war and almost drove the UN …