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… who remained on the court. This dramatic change in the composition of the Supreme Court can be traced to the … matter where religion and politics clash. This past week two eminent lawyers, David Boies and Theodore … UCLA emerita professor, is co-director of the History News Service and author of “The Relentless Revolution: A History …

… Dwight D. Eisenhower and Republican legislators took unbecomingly large financial contributions from the appreciative … It’s payback time. Does it matter that Californians use less electricity per capita than residents of any other … Modern California" (1997) and a writer for the History News Service. …

… Hills, in Asia Minor, believed that their god Attis, who committed suicide when frustrated in love, returned to life … carried over as a symbol from the 4,000-year-old Jewish Passover, celebrated in the spring, to Christian Easter … history and archaeology, is a writer for the History News Service. …

… and dry places, like much of the American West, will become even more parched. John Wesley Powell is rolling over … War II, farmers on the plains dealt with the natural cycles of rain and drought by pumping water from the Ogallala … west continue to sprawl without restraint. It makes even less sense to water lawns and golf courses in the Las Vegas …

… students. Then, as now, the demonstrations were massive, impassioned and brimming with patriotic anger. In Hong Kong in … of that unforgettable year, on some days the number of marchers approached a million people, a staggering one-fifth of … a lengthy analysis in July 1989 explaining how the “anti-communist forces” of the capitalist world, led by the U.S. …

… Although Nixon hid evidence of his prejudice from researchers such as Woodward, he did follow rules for filing … believes that he governed honorably may struggle with his past. Governance is complex and politics messy. Laws demand disclosure of what … History News Service …

… right. However, even this discussion of pregnancy did not come close to the corporeal character of Kennedy’s language … it has been completely removed. A doctor may make 10 to 15 passes with the forceps to evacuate the fetus in its … at Amherst and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… who were then fighting the founders of today’s communist government, a deployment almost unknown to … of Chinese territory, an estimated 260,000 Chinese soldiers poured across the border to push them and their allies away. … Henry Butterfield Ryan is a writer for the History News Service. He is also an associate of the Institute for the …

… of the problem. One of that organization’s principal roles is peacemaking. But the victorious Allies who founded it … through the veto or some other device, such a force could become the rogue force the U.N. founders feared. But our … Henry Butterfield Ryan is a writer for the History News Service. He is also an associate of the Institute for the …

… appliances, and new opportunities in electronics, telecommunications, and aerospace. In the United States the … and the challenge of new overseas competitors. Past patterns suggest that the United States and the world … State University, Ore., and a writer for the History News Service. …

… for “a work of supererogation” so he could explain to the less well educated friend what “a work of supererogation” … of Martin Luther King and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …

… and Moscow are increasingly frayed, and Russia has become a determined foe of the American Middle East agenda. … the Russians made a sharp distinction between stateless radicals and the “rogue states” Bush has sought to … on terror. Jeffrey Mankoff is a writer for the History News Service and a doctoral student in history and security …

… too crude for refined readers. Twenty years later, critics complained that the characters were poor role models. By the … have been challenged. In the 1950s, J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” inflamed censorious adults who were afraid … shelves and removed from required reading lists. Selected passages and illustrations were cut out or inked over.  …

… landscape and lexicon. This trend has left ever more complex financial markets and multinationals to operate in … with present-day relevance was the Glass-Steagall Act. Passed in 1935, extended in the 1950s, but repealed in 1999, … important today as it has ever been. The moral hazards of less regulation now outstrip the costs of greater …

… 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 … Reagan’s second term.   By contrast, there are the examples of John Foster Dulles (1950s), Henry Kissinger (1970s), …

… UN weapons inspectors be given months or even a year to complete further investigations in that country, President … Hussein, oil prices shot up 46%. They surged again in the past few weeks with the growing international fears of an … culture and politics, and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… France is rejoining military NATO, the United States is becoming more distant. This may be the best way the United … France at NATO’s 60th anniversary should avoid talk of the past and focus on NATO as a European alliance for the … Carolyne V. Davidson is a writer for the History News Service and a Ph.D. candidate in history at Yale University. …

… Beijing’s moves in the same direction when Bill Clinton visited China back in 1998. What remains to be seen is … American press corps will find a better way of handling the complex cultural dimensions of Vietnam’s re-engagement with … chicken to Hanoi, let’s hope American reporters learn from past misreadings. It is seductive to contemplate the …

… The 5,280-pound monument of the Ten Commandments installed by the Alabama Supreme Court Chief … actions, they are no different from American leaders of the past. Americans have long incorporated religious imagery … (Great Britain) and is a writer or the History News Service. …

… indefensibility of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima is becoming a part of the national conservative creed." But times … In recent decades most American conservatives have become uncritical of America's use of atomic weapons and … destruction. Uday Mohan, a writer for the History News Service, is a graduate student at American University who is …

… funded by the United States, to contain/encircle Soviet and Communist power in Eastern Europe, prevent powerful … World nations, there would be little need for NATO, much less NATO expansion. Norman Markowitz is a member of the … in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. …

… as fakes should make readers ask why these cliches are so compelling in the first place. Autobiographies, with their … popular "memoir" "The Education of Little Tree." In his pre-Cherokee life, Carter had penned George Wallace's … Commonwealth University, is a writer for the History News Service and the author of "Slippery Characters: Ethnic …

… They argue that the Monica Lewinsky matter would never have come up save for the lawsuit filed by Paula Jones. … (as conservatives have used it against liberals). In the past it has worked—from FDR’s four electoral victories to … University South Bend and is a writer for the History News Service. …