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… interest, inspiring our most recent History Talk podcast, “ Visiting the Ivory Tower: Conversations on Public … While we interviewed public intellectuals themselves for our podcast, we wanted to be sure and take a moment to … as the case might be. If we really want to engage the community with historical thinking, a better model might be …

… the world agrees: Saddam Hussein should be held accountable for his crimes. But who should Saddam answer to — a domestic … usurp domestic courts and end up limiting America’s freedom of action on the global stage. In a world where many … former leaders have been brought to account for misdeeds committed while in office. But there are obstacles to trying …

… to tell his usually hand-picked audiences that Iraq will become more democratic and prosperous because of America’s … his beleaguered administration nor most Americans any comfort. The president has repeatedly invoked the … that Germany and Japan are democracies today because “free nations came together to fight the ideology of …

… presidential candidates demanded stronger standards for the mortgage industry. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and … established new rules for the conduct of business. Free market fundamentalists often denounced these regulatory … reacted by pulling their money from banks and trust companies. The stock market lost nearly half its value. J.P. …

… Doug Dangler   From the Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing at The Ohio State … All Origins articles and podcasts can be accessed for free at go.osu.edu/origins. Today we're speaking with Sarah … Politics." Thanks for being on the show Sarah, and welcome.  Sarah Siff   My pleasure. Thanks.  Patrick Potyondy   …

… United States is a young country, and it would seem to be free of many of the ghosts of history that haunt older … the anti-Semitism of their past. Perhaps it is now time for Americans to reexamine their past as well. Austria has become something of a pariah state because its governing …

… over the country, citing what it claimed was the free consent of over 500 rangatira (chiefs) and the tribal communities they represented. A 1939 reconstruction of the … national day, Waitangi Day now needs to serve as a symbol for all these different communities. In contrast with many …

… of masks and respirators. It is a world we are not prepared for. The biomedical, sanitary, and technological advances of the last century left us accustomed to breathing freely with little fear of what might be aloft in the air … understandings of how disease is transmitted within the community. As a general rule, respirators function by …

… When George W. Bush’s advisers brief him for his October trip to Beijing, they may be tempted to only … spy-plane crisis. And the Japanese Prime Minister’s plan to visit a shrine honoring soldiers who died for his country … of more than $30 million (then an astronomical amount) as compensation to foreign powers for the damage caused by the …

… has disregarded some core Republican principles, including free trade and fiscal responsibility. Environmental … Act, which has required environmental impact statements for federal projects since it became law in 1970. With this … more and more reliant on toxic substances, the shortcomings of this approach became increasingly apparent. The …

… a famous politician dies, obituary writers and other commentators immediately start comparing the departed figure … thought of comparing him to Richard Nixon. This is unfortunate, since there are some striking and illuminating … not just because Nixon was the first American president to visit the People’s Republic of China and Deng was the first …

… political culture: a strong suspicion of government, an accompanying spirit of liberal capitalism, a sweeping ideology of democracy (if only, at first, for white males), continental nationalism and an emphasis upon free trade. But the election of 1800 was also notable for …

… spy. Since then, as this list shows, espionage became more complex and increasingly valuable. The times change, but … She used her inheritance from her father’s passing to free the relatives of her family’s emancipated slaves. … in a forward hospital. French officials let Mata Hari visit him in exchange for her agreement to spy on Germans. …

… have shown that the virus has been active in humans for about a century. A biography of the disease would show a … human immune systems, HIV has also allowed tuberculosis to come thundering back as a global health threat and has … of Belgian King Leopold II with his earnings from the Congo Free State and exploited workers in the background ( right …

… 2018, President Donald Trump made a set of disparaging comments about Puerto Rico. They underscored just how little … fact, Puerto Ricans are Americans—making our relations not foreign, but familiar or even familial. There are 3.4 … Obama became the first sitting United States president to visit Puerto Rico since President Kennedy’s trip in 1961. …

… "Rookie of the Year" award after him, and retiring his uniform, No. 42. Now it can do more to honor his example by … cities, where they found better jobs, better schooling and freedom from landlord control. Together with their white … jeopardize the process of integration. He was, by nature, a combative individual, so he had to struggle to restrain …

… Headquartered at Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, OH, Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air … the World to Flying Saucers https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/ … Project Blue Book Termination https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/project-blue-book-50th-anniversary Project …

… This presentation commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster … disaster, the immediate and ongoing health repercussions for the people of Bhopal, and their global legal and activist fight for justice and corporate accountability. Dr. Madhumita …

… because a strong messianic strain has long run through U.S. foreign policy. So has a tendency to intervene in other … to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the independence and freedom of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of … who were then fighting the founders of today’s communist government, a deployment almost unknown to …

… HIV/AIDS in the late 1980s—how officials initially blamed foreign nations for the virus and denied the possibility of extensive community spread among the Soviet population—offers a … and homosexual and bisexual men. Letter writers to Soviet newspapers floated the idea of setting up a colony for the …

… Senate has failed once again to muster a two-thirds vote for the "flag-burning" amendment, perhaps the honorables can … The Supreme Court, nevertheless, has found them entitled to freedom of speech. And, no doubt, faced with those sunshine … advertising–presumably this would apply to businesses now competing the have the biggest flag in the neighborhood. One …

… Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Welcome to Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and … surrounding the emigration problem. Issues like individual freedom versus collective needs, the mental disposition of … those statements was an account by an Israeli journalist visited one of the German camps in which migrants from …

… Bakken oil-shale region in western North Dakota to a tank complex in Illinois. Its route crosses the Missouri River … to emancipate their African-American slaves and grant the freedpeople citizenship in their nations. The Five Tribes … like the American Fourth of July, a time to dress up, visit friends and relatives, socialize, and feast. …