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… Late last month, when North Korea assumed the presidency of the United Nations Conference on … would serve merely as an explicit reminder of the U.N.'s incompetence.   An examination of the situation with an eye to … critical problems:  First, it did not include all of the most powerful states.  Second, it was created too quickly …

… Now that Ford Motor Company has announced its “Way Forward” restructuring plan, … countless visitors, among them Charlie Chaplin, who visited it before he produced “Modern Times,” the classic … part-time farming and community leisure activities. Henry’s most significant response was the nineteen “village …

… Only through unfettered discussion can citizens cast informed votes. The claim that the rich are better than the rest of us at this most important of political activities links citizenship to … rather, he wrote, “[t]he electors themselves are becoming the oligarchy.” Mill’s fear, like that of today’s …

… legacy and identity, verifying truth, and even forging community. Recipes were not only for the creation of tasty dishes, but also for the practice of medicine, keeping house, and entertainment. Recipes were not … Rather than being the original creation of a single author, most recipes borrowed ideas from other writers, neighbors, …

… in 2003. Mars, the red planet so close to Earth, has become a tantalizing target for humans to visit. Noted space … thinned. When we think about Martian explorers today, we mostly hear about two rovers that trawl small zones of the … the Martian environment is like. All told, Mariner 9 beamed back a wealth of information and pictures before running …

… at … well, any number of things. Lumping them together, the commentariat called all these angry voters “populists” and … mob” by restricting the right to vote in all sorts of ways. Most infamously, Southern states made it effectively … and communists meant that the former could never be trusted. And by the end of the 1960s, college campuses had …

… the hostility to the United States during the Cold War era. Most Europeans in the Cold War era were not against American … trade, encouraging the development of the European common market and paying the lion’s share for NATO, the … Eventually, they composed their differences and formed an alliance that halted German expansion. While no one …

… The country is experiencing a Teddy Roosevelt moment.   The most recent example is President Obama’s decision to deliver … several TR quotations — in Osawatomie, Kansas, the site of Roosevelt’s 1910 “New Nationalism Address.” … a Milwaukee auditorium to deliver a speech. True to his combative reputation, he insisted on speaking before going …

… atmosphere. The second fact will be relearned in the coming weeks as we emerge from our shock at this tragedy and … monitored to ensure the crew’s safety. In contrast, almost any good mechanic or engineer could try to build an … F-5 failed to reach orbit on Sept. 29, 1977? But, just as most Americans over 50 can remember where they were when …

… opened with optimism in Potosí, the world's highest and most productive mining town and—with some 120,000 … structures made from this earthen material were common throughout the Andes, and they were generally … estimated at some four million silver pesos. Authorities blamed careless inspectors, but they also claimed the main Kari …

… a U.S. audience on the British welfare state, was asked to comment on the American “welfare state.” Explaining that the … by President Truman in 1948, was denounced by the American Medical Association as “creeping socialism” and defeated by … a small percentage of economic output, would be rejected by most European decision makers, including conservatives, as …

… of the war, even placing two of the characters on opposite sides of the conflict. Historical information is … (1994) Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) began developing computer games in 1979, but only established itself as a … success, EA DICE took liberties with historical facts. The most obvious inconsistencies are the weapons wielded by …

… National Park Service's call for public input to identify sites associated with César Chávez that are worthy of … those with a personal connection. Designating significant sites as national landmarks and building educational … With a sense of betraying la causa, I carried out mom's command. My mother was equally adamant that I was not to …

… storm which these swells...told us in unerring language was coming.” —Dr. Isaac Cline Today, the National Weather Service (NWS) is trusted to provide timely warnings for hurricanes to the … gas, and telephones. The thriving island city of almost 38,000 had just that year had surpassed New Orleans to …

… nearly 117,000 perished during the war — 53, 402 in combat — and another 204,000 were wounded. Many believe that … did not declare war on Germany until April 6, 1917, and most American combat troops did not see action until the … has left the First World War without a clearly focused “site of memory.”   There is, however, an opportunity to make …

… concern about the war’s impact on global agricultural commodity markets: the disruption to Ukrainian agricultural … one would expect an organization such as the FAO to be informed on food questions, the sheer number of stories in the … cultivated, an area larger than Italy, making it one of the most highly cultivated countries in the world. It has …

… the terrorist attack seems too much to bear. Professional commentators, and current and former government officials … on a century-long struggle for survival with the other most powerful city on the western Mediterranean. Carthage’s great general, Hannibal Barca, …

… and with a black president at the nation’s helm, even the most glib commentators can justify focusing on black history. But … spirit, which seemingly rose above politics and welcomed everyone. This was crucial in an era of heated politics, …

… Brenna Miller   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … and activists from the Standing Rock community which is most directly threatened by the pipeline. They make the case … Rock who organized a walk, a relay race actually from the site to Nebraska in May of 2016, and really energized the …

… would help define American life for generations to come. In 1964, the relatively new musical genre of rock and … black America was forbidden and foreign. Surrounded by media defining young people as rebels (like James Dean) and … spoke for many parents when he said, “Rock and roll is the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression — …

… and studied during Korea’s Joseon period (1392-1897). At sites such as Sobaek Mountain, Buseoksa Temple, Sosu Seowon … lantern, a wood plaque reads “Muryangsujeon (無量壽殿)” and welcomes all comers (right). The founder of the Buseoksa … for a royal charter. The king granted his request and renamed the institution Sosu Seowon, or “rebuilding the …

… policy debate on Oct. 22, nuclear weapons are sure to come up, especially Iran’s ambitions for the bomb. But the … since President Eisenhower.”   But Reagan had some prerequisites. In 1986 the United States Senate had yet to ratify … nuclear stockpiles. That effort started with the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which eliminated …

… on Prologued...   Alexander Aviña  So it's a really, like, complex, messy matrix, right? So I don't want to say that … it becomes a really unhelpful term or at least it has less medical relevance than it does cultural relevance. So I … from war and conflict and instability. Afghanistan has almost a million drug addicts. Yes, drugs have contributed to …

… An estimate compiled by the nation’s intelligence services reaches the … in 1949 ( left ). In 1961, the Soviet Union tested the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created and it remains the … Republic of China in 1949 ( left ). President Nixon visited China in 1972, but the U.S. did not formally recognize …