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The Acid Tests

… the psychological effects and health benefits of LSD. Most famously, between 1961 and 1963, Harvard professors Dr. … stained glass window at Boston University's Marsh Chapel, site of the Harvard Psilocybin Project. Leary and Alpert … took a trip across the country in a rainbow bus named “Furthur.” Once The Pranksters arrived on the west coast …

Yearning to Breathe Free: The American Immigration Story

… Before Regulation Before the late 1800s, immigration was mostly unregulated. Difficult circumstances across Europe … they simply never made enough to do so. “Many Chinamen have come; few have returned. Why is this?” representatives of … Asian Americans were first banned from particular worksites, denied housing or services, and then prohibited from …
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Ten Terrorists Attacks in History

… and so many other places around the world are only the most recent examples of terrorist violence to make … The People’s Will (Left): Alexander II’s reforms were deemed insufficient by Russian revolutionaries, who sentenced … by failing to address the problems in Russian society that compelled the radicals to violence, Russian leaders …
Pancho Villa and followers.

Mexico’s Great Transition

… (PAN) is taking place peacefully and as a result of the most open and democratic election in Mexico's history. … of George Washington's presidency, then one of Adams's, seemed to give their Federalist Party a permanent claim on the … taking power.  What ought to be changes of government become changes of regime. Putsches and revolutions substitute …
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The People's Pope and the Changing Face of Catholicism

… how his actions fit into the Church's traditions and its commitment to social justice. Listen and explore hundreds of … religious members, and Muslims, for contrast account for almost 23%.   Leticia Wiggins   But what will the papacy of … Wiggins. You can find our podcasts and more at our website origins.osu.edu , on iTunes and on Soundcloud and as …
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The Nuclear Theft From the Poor and Hungry

… Gorbachev and signed a treaty eliminating short- and medium-range nuclear missiles.   Despite this treaty, both … resources on nuclear forces.” Nuclear weapons are the most expensive brand of “swords.”   The energy of nuclear … fully expanded to other countries, and India and Pakistan come quickly to mind.   Pakistan recently conducted nuclear …
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Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy

Review of Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy, by Eric D. Weitz (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2007)
… of the Weimar period from the shadows of National Socialism mostly succeed in capturing the excitement of Weimar's … are modern architecture, photography, film and radio mass media, philosophy, and sexual culture. Weitz approaches … Weitz helps the reader understand how and why the fragile, complex, and tense culture of Weimar Germany motivated these …
The military cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II in Nettuno, Italy.

A Day for Remembering — and Accepting Responsibility

… ago, on May 30, 1945, by Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., commander of the Allied Fifth Army in Italy. Truscott was … and executed invasion that cost some 3,000 American lives, most of them under Truscott’s command. The dead were … front for VIPs, most of whom were members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. One of the back benchers was a …

A Century of Sanctions

… administration has added more than 1,000 individuals and companies to sanctions lists. The president has gloried in … to America’s relationship with the rest of the world? The immediate answer lies in recent developments in global … but these acts were intended as wartime measures and most were rescinded after the end of the war in 1918. A …
A vision for the future of the US Space Command for 2020: a space-based high-energy laser destroys a terrestrial target.

Rumsfeld May Spark Space Weapons Debate

… imagined the discoveries that were paving the way for the most monstrous bombs of all. When public debate erupted … which plan to test the next generation of bombs on computers rather than under the ground. But who’s paying … plan. They shout it out in glossy brochures and slick websites, hoping to get a bigger piece of the budgetary pie. …
2009 Tour de France winner, Alberto Contador, wearing the yellow jersey on June 26, 2009.

The Tour de France and the Yellow Jersey

… to the race’s overall winner. The Tour de France is the most famous cycling race in the world. Held over the course … cyclists might wear the yellow jersey during the three-week competition, only one will ultimately win it. Cover of the … non-French—with descriptions of historical events, cultural sites, French agricultural products, and natural wonders to …
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The Fate of Crimea, the Future of Ukraine, Part II

… Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … competing against each other, with the leftists having the most solid block. Over time, the leftists diminished. That … selfie pictures. So if you go to the John Glenn school website, you can see some of the pictures of the protest, the …
Judas kissing Jesus

The Gospel of Judas: The Rediscovery of the Earliest Gnostic Gospel

… Nicholas Breyfogle Hello, and welcome to The Gospel of Judas: The Rediscovery of the Earliest … kingdom himself, but he will be grieved. This scene is almost certainly modeled after an episode that occurs in three … mathematical texts is interesting. Are there other similar sites nearby or theories about the provenance? We had …
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The End of the World as We Know It?

Review of The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe, by David Marquand (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011)
… The End of the World as We Know It? It has been almost one hundred years since the German philosopher and … end of the Cold War "the double victory of democracy and tamed capitalism was both child and parent of one of the most … - the deliberate construction of a supranational European Community, based on law rather than force, in which ancient …
Six founders of the Algerian FLN: Rabah Bitat, Mostefa Ben Boulaïd, Didouche Mourad, Mohammed Boudiaf, Krim Belkacem and Larbi Ben M'Hidi, 1954

The Evian Accords: An Uncertain Peace

… (known as pieds-noirs ) who fled Algeria in the months immediately preceding independence. For this vocal, but potent … betrayal. Six founders of the Algerian FLN: Rabah Bitat, Mostefa Ben Boulaïd, Didouche Mourad, Mohammed Boudiaf, Krim … That paper, simply entitled “Declarations Drawn up in Common Agreement,” was signed in a town on the French side …

Private Matter or Public Crisis? Defining and Responding to Domestic Violence

… the elevator. (Photo Credit, AP)  In late July 2014, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell also handed Rice a two game … These became places where women could not only find immediate help but also change their domestic situation. … from husbands, but only until the husband was “reformed.” Most often, perpetrators of family violence were sentenced …

How Public and Private Enterprise Have Built American Infrastructure

… ongoing capital campaign. Workers survey the damage after a commuter train crashed into a passenger car near Valhalla, … and internal improvements fill a wagon being pulled in opposite directions with Henry Clay and Horace Greeley on one … canals, many of the local and state railways failed. In most cases, both private and public actors underestimated …
Sailors in formation at the Center for Information Warfare Training, Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station, 2019.

Will Women Join the Ranks of Esteemed Veterans?

… I say that? Because the outcry that many expected over the combat deaths of American women in Iraq has not taken place. … the Iraq war has for us. It’s no coincidence that the two most famous soldiers of the Iraq war are both women: Jessica … from the Iraqi doctors who cared for her was staged and filmed by the U.S. armed forces. And Lynndie England, whose …
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The Pandora’s Box of Religious Pluralism in the English Reformation

Review of Heretics and Believers: A Short History of the English Reformation, by Peter Marshall New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017
… and religious images get out of hand: ‘he must be for all companies, and all men’s money.’” To the lay and scholastics … that come to mind when discussing the Reformation is almost never either that of the image of innkeepers mediating theological discussions, or the concept of …
Side view of an Andrew Jackson bust at the MET.

The Long Tradition of White House Sex Scandals

… sensationalism surrounding Bill Clinton has launched the media into a search for past scandals to throw light on the … married in the 1790s before her divorce had officially become final. He won the election anyway, but she died of a … Affair for the first two years of his presidency, doing almost nothing else. The result was the firing of his cabinet, …
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3/26/2015: Best in History Online: The American Historical Association

… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history into … attention to the American Historical Association's (AHA) site. The AHA functions as an inclusive organization, …
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5/18/2015: Best in History Online: Hypercities

… we like to take a moment to highlight fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much … This month, our BOH (Best in History Online) pick comes in the form of a website dedicated to reinventing the … in the early 20th century. Or explore how social media sites like Twitter can shape the narrative for …