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A New View of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Needs and Narratives to Negotiation

… Political administrations have changed and negotiators have come and gone but the conflict between Israelis and … in and around Palestine were generally strained and sometimes violent. In the midst of World War I , the French and … national myths of each community, such diametrically opposite attitudes toward the founding of Israel were …
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders in 1963.

Giving Up on the Dream?

… to stir the nation after four decades. Yet the black community still struggles to decide whether to follow King’s … biblical approach to leadership that has allowed the black community to proudly maintain its political independence … to convey his vision of a new American society. King then mesmerized the 250,000 marchers by with images of “the sons …
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum with a sign announcing the 70th anniversary ceremony.

A Postcard from Hiroshima

… of the bombing and was able to witness how the Japanese commemorate these tragic events. Hiroshima Peace Memorial … later in Nagasaki he did make such a pledge. Historical commemorations, of course, are often linked to contemporary … to survive the blast, is now a UNESCO world heritage site. Following the official ceremony, smaller gatherings …
Print of "The Epiphany of the New Antichrist" by Romeyn de Hooghe.

The Myth of the Jewish Antichrist: Falwell Stumbles Badly

… The upcoming millennium is not just about computers; it’s also about religion and religious extremism. … salvation.” According to this logic, if Jews are awaiting a Messiah, and Christians are awaiting a Beast or an enemy of …
A solemn crowd gathers outside the Stock Exchange after the crash. 1929.

This Year’s Equation: 1920 + 1932 = 2008

… To make the case that an election is momentous, you need to compare it with previous critical ones. The most important … lasted until 1968, when a disastrous, unnecessary war discredited the party.   The 1968 turning point was somewhat … to turn a negative rejection of the party blamed with messing things up into a positive mandate for change and a …
The front of the National Security Administration in Fort Meade, MD

America’s Big Brother

… within, "America’s "Big Brother": A Century of U.S. Domestic Surveillance ," so co-hosts Patrick Potyondy and … Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk, produced by Origins , a project of the … Surveillance , which is found on the origins.osu.edu website say hello, Dave. David Hadley  Hello. Leticia Wiggins  …

From Fat Cats to Egg Heads: The Changing American "Elite"

… at … well, any number of things. Lumping them together, the commentariat called all these angry voters “populists” and … prices now serving to keep the riff-raff out of his namesake Broadway hit. At the same time, plenty of observers … of forces including railroad shipping rates, access to bank credit, falling farm prices on national and international …
Headline in The Philadelphia Inquirer of November 16, 1919, reporting the first use of cloture by the United States Senate.

The Founders Cared about the Majority Principle

… filibuster, which Republicans invoked more than a hundred times in the session that ended in December. The three … would eliminate filibusters to prevent legislation from coming to the floor for debate, while retaining filibusters … father of the Constitution, called the desire for a supermajority to form a quorum a reversal of "the …
President Reagan in February 1985.

Will the GOP Find a New Reagan?

… They have shown no inclination toward the kind of compromise that characterized President Reagan on issues … gubernatorial campaign Ronald Reagan declared his 11th Commandment, “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow … his party in order to rebuild it; that change had to come from within. The result was the Age of Reagan.   The …
A wood engraving of President Woodrow Wilson from 1918.

The Osama bin Laden of 1916

… the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The comparison is appropriate. In both cases an attack without … as “a new day that will live in infamy.” Forgotten in the comparisons to December 7, 1941, is the date of an earlier … military and diplomatic action, a way must be found to discredit Osama bin Laden and the twisted brand of Islam he …
Image of a large turkey on a postcard from the early 1900s.

The First “First Thanksgiving”

… States. But it was still not our very first Thanksgiving. Credit for that event belongs to the Native Americans. Among … Rock had long conducted Thanksgiving festivals six times a year. The date for the first Thanksgiving in America … Thanksgiving.” For 136 years, Thanksgiving has been a day commemorated across America. It gives us a moment to recall …
Vaccination team member giving a cholera vaccine in Cerca Carvajal, 2013.

Cholera and the Roots of Public Health

… of transmission. By contrast, the “miasmatists” (sometimes called “anti-contagionists”) posited that environmental hazards like “bad air” ( mal aria … the poor’s living conditions. In Great Britain, Poor Law Commissioner Edwin Chadwick, from the miasma school, began …
The Battle of Waterloo, 1815

Winning and Losing at the Battle of Waterloo

… Belgium's plans to make a special-edition euro coin commemorating the Battle of Waterloo. Belgium still … the larger Napoleonic legacy remain in France. Present day site of the Battle of Waterloo. Many cherished French … that allows individual nations to unilaterally produce coins of irregular denominations. 70,000 2½ euro coins were …
On August 8, 1918, 17,000 German soldiers surrendered to the Allies.

November 11, 1918: The End of World War I?

… the story goes. In January 1918, after forty-one months of combat, Allied troops were ready for a ceasefire, but they … joined the freikorps , military units who fought against domestic revolutionaries in 1919-1920. Civil war continued in … capital cities, in town squares, at cemeteries and memorial sites throughout the world—for many an annual ritual—to …

Russia, Gay Rights, and the Sochi Olympics

… delegation to Sochi. Inadvertently, the Sochi games have become the gay games. Homosexuality in Russia Today The … while views in the West are moving quickly in the opposite direction. Attitudes towards gays and lesbians have … just ethnic chauvinism, to argue for Russia’s singular and superior culture. Ivan Kireevskii (1806-1856), the most …
These false killer whales were part of an MSE in Flinders Bay, Australia, July of 1986.

Washed Ashore: Marine Mammals from Medieval Times to Today

… and tied to ropes and anchors off the bay, left to decompose within the ecosystem. Europeans who lived in the … by changing tides, especially in strong tidal rivers and at sites where beaches, sand bars, and other topographic … of real significance. Marine Mammal Life in Medieval Times We know of many medieval accounts of the beachings of …
Jean-Marie Le Pen in 2006.

Far Right’s Electoral Success in France has Deep History

… most critical elections in decades. European and American commentators almost uniformly expressed shock at the … In recent decades the nation has continued to struggle to come to terms with its past through highly visible war crimes trials. When the Vichy government came to power in 1940 …
Maurycy Gottlieb - Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur.

Yom Kippur: A First Step to Peace

… All of those meanings are now reflected in the Jewish community’s ambivalent view of the Middle East conflict. … East peace. Yom Kippur was first celebrated in biblical times by the priests of the Temple of Jerusalem on the Temple … in the first century C.E. A movement to rebuild it has become a rallying point for far-right Jewish nationalists, who …
Coach Bob Knight holding a chair

Bob Knight: A Latter-Day MacArthur?

… rash act against a national celebrity. Meanwhile, Knight complained that he was a victim of changing expectations … led each to his undoing. Both preferred to operate without supervision. After United Nations troops occupied most of … "his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty." He visited New York City, where 7.5 million people gathered to …
Statue and Ukrainian Flag

The Russian Invasion of Ukraine

… Angela Brintlinger: Hello, and welcome to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine brought to you by … type of political reforms. Whereas Ukraine sees the opposite, says get rid of these rebels with guns, take their … that he operates on principles of grandiosity. Russia as a superpower, Russia as the Great Russia, restoring the land, …
Secretary of State John Kerry continued his meetings in Lausanne with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif. Under Secretary Wendy Sherman and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz are participating in the meetings.

Iran’s Nuclear Diplomacy

… have met periodically in Vienna in an attempt to accomplish what was long considered a near-impossible task. … the Iranian leaders who negotiated it had staked their names and political careers on the claim that the United … of the Iran-Iraq War. Appearing under the headline “The Superpowers’ Friendship with Us Is Like the Friendship of a …
Laura Bush May 18, 2008.

The Legacy of a Lady

… had done as First Lady. This impressive list of projects encompasses domestic causes from historic preservation to Katrina relief … Laura Bush’s unwillingness to put herself forward, to take credit to “show off,” as my mother would say is also what …
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The Legacy of a Lady

… had done as First Lady. This impressive list of projects encompasses domestic causes from historic preservation to Katrina relief … Laura Bush’s unwillingness to put herself forward, to take credit to “show off,” as my mother would say is also what …
Cover of Philanthropy in America: A History by Olivier Zunz.

The Gifts That Keep On Giving

Review of Philanthropy in America: A History, by Olivier Zunz (Princeton University Press, 2012)
… to start with: What do Americans fund every year at levels comparable to annual budget of the Pentagon? Answer: the … calls "mass philanthropy." Ordinary Americans, not just the super-rich, were encouraged in a variety of ways to … Russell Sage Foundation calculated that families with incomes of $3000/year or less accounted for 60.4% of charitable …