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… a famous politician dies, obituary writers and other commentators immediately start comparing the departed figure to other powerful people. As … of comparing him to Richard Nixon. This is unfortunate, since there are some striking and illuminating analogies to …

… adviser Lawrence Lindsey put it straightforwardly and single-mindedly: “We need more refineries, we need more … Dwight D. Eisenhower and Republican legislators took unbecomingly large financial contributions from the appreciative … seen whether George W. will allow his administration to be completely captured by his fossil fuel buddies. Eisenhower, …

… peace than Bush’s “axis of evil.” The president’s comments have led to denunciations from the three nations he singled out and the largest anti-American demonstrations in … the president is issuing a legitimate warning to the world community or defining global enemies unilaterally and …

… is likely to run again. So relevant "experience" is hard to come by.This presidential season, everybody is talking about … Barack Obama lacks "experience" because he's a single termer and his prior "experience" is at the state and …

… was upgrading the recent outbreak of H1N1 influenza, more commonly known as "swine flu," to a global pandemic. Although the designation comes from the increasing spread and not increasing severity of the disease, the …

… had written two short articles on urban life. Frugoni combined the two articles, included her own notes, and has … The impetus for the book thus creates certain limitations, since the introduction acts as the roadmap for the material … almost entirely on its inhabitants. To do so, she deftly combines textual and visual sources. Using primarily the …

… 1896, participants from 14 countries converged on Athens to compete in a festival that was simultaneously ancient and … in 776 BCE. Billed as the first Olympic Games to be held since 393 CE and symbolically starting on Greece ’s … velodrome, shooting gallery, and seating for the swimming competitions) saw the staging of 45 events ranging from …

… American press corps will find a better way of handling the complex cultural dimensions of Vietnam’s re-engagement with … played up the irony of an icon of U.S. enterprise being welcomed by a once bitterly anti-American Communist Party. Once … to stay in power by limiting political freedoms while increasing the choices that people have about what to consume and …

… by changing circumstances in the secular world. Fittingly, since it was none other than Peter Brown who defined the … of the living, and that the property of the church had come to be thought of as being held as a trust with which to … of these memorials reflects contemporary values. But it becomes more of a stretch when he asks us to share his …

… environmental impact statements for federal projects since it became law in 1970. With this change, Trump … more and more reliant on toxic substances, the shortcomings of this approach became increasingly apparent. The … By the 1920s and 1930s, this ad hoc approach had become too cumbersome and ineffective to bring much relief. …

… or on appealing to independents? Some of those factors may come into play, yet the recent history of vice-presidential … good politics, as well as good governance, requires choosing a running mate who would be a plausible president. … perform under the pressure of a presidential campaign could complicate their chances.   It’s not that citizens base …

… devoid of animal or plant life. This initial isolation, combined with its location at the confluence of three … middle of the 1990s, the goat population had exploded, causing massive ecosystem degradation as forests and shrubby … millions of dollars, humans eradicated a species that was using its biological advantage to thrive in a harsh …

… of well-publicized workplace raids to terrorize immigrant communities. Although immigrants bear the brunt of these … of workers' rights. The recent increase in worksite raids comes, not coincidentally, at a moment when, despite a … detention center in Texas. Lawyers for the immigrants have since complained that flying the immigrants to Texas denied …

… occur. The two nations have had little diplomatic contact since the 1979 hostage crisis, when Iranians seized the American embassy in Teheran. In the decades since then, Iran has been developing its nuclear technology … weapon. Any potential United States-Iran dialogue would complement European efforts to persuade the Iranians to …

… Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk Produced by Origins , a project of the … , one of your History Talk cohosts and I'd like to welcome you to this month's podcast. It's safe to say there … this fear stymie the creation of policies currently? And since I know you're chomping at the bit here, Steve, will …

… Sometimes it seems as if the administration is collapsing the history of American political scandal down to a … A tweet from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library after comparisons were made between Nixon and President Trump when the latter fired the Director of the FBI, James Comey. The High Bar The ubiquitous, unfathomable ur-scandal …

… French cities. In fact, the riots of February 6 th have become shorthand to describe the protests and violence that … the most violent period of political protest in France since the Commune of 1871. The Paris Commune was a radical …

… they evolved over time? When, how, and why did abortion become such a controversial topic in the United States? How … Mark Sokolsky   Hello, everyone. Welcome to History Talk , where we ask a panel of leading … Patrick, I think that's a great question. Because I think, since the supreme court judgment, the Roe v Wade judgement …

… is the site of the deadliest labor war in American history. Since the autumn of 1913, Ludlow miners (pictured above in 1914) had struck for union recognition; the company's obedience to Colorado's 8-hour day law; the right to live outside of company houses; an end to being paid in scrip (money only …

… in the sense that because it's so everyday, because it's so common, historians of the past tend to overlook it in favor of more dramatic and singular events.   Dr. Chris Otter   No, I I'd certainly … and you can feed them, you can start riding them into combat. So you start getting wars. So health, war, social …

… of 2013. Thanks to the explosion of electronic forms of communication, even since the election of Benedict in 2005, more people followed … the traditionally regal manner of Benedict. The dizzying combination of medieval ritual and pageantry with flashing …

… is abominable. Meanwhile, other Americans and Cubans increasingly think it’s time for major steps, not baby ones, to … the Cold War was at its peak, and the Soviet Union had become Cuba’s patron, pouring billions annually into its … disappeared, and Russia stopped subsidies to Cuba in 1991. Communism still exists in the world, but it is a diminishing …