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… A secret and sudden attack with nuclear weapons: It’s the most horrific threat facing the United States. Yet when President Bush outlined his administration’s plan for … of Eisenhower’s policy against nuclear proliferation was a test ban treaty. U.S. nuclear tests were suspended …

… Once again, disturbing images are surfacing from the war in Iraq, this time of a young Marine shooting a … to sign the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the conduct of war. When the Viet Cong in the 1970s and the Iraqis in 1990 … Americans in front of television cameras, the nation was appalled. Despite urging from some quarters, the United …

… to have happened to him on September 21, 1823. According to the traditional narrative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Smith was visited that night by an angel who told him of an … lived in the Americas two millennia prior. Years later, when he eventually took possession of the plates, he …

… After opening a few small holes in the U.S. embargo of Cuba, President Clinton has taken flak … people more, as embargoes tend to do. Back in the 1960s, when Castro presented a real security threat to the United States, Washington had few weapons to oppose him. Relations had been …

… The sudden threat to the Social Security trust fund offers … A sinking fund is a kind of governmental savings account. When a government undertakes a project — a subway, for … were heavily in debt. Alexander Hamilton, George Washington’s secretary of the treasury, proposed that the …

… In speeches about the urgency of attacking Iraq, President Bush has described … of danger. Sheriff Gary Cooper, alone, stands up to fight. When Cooper dispatches the desperadoes, the nervous … “High Noon” informed the typical Spaghetti Western. There was so much murder and mayhem in the films that the …

… On August 6, 1962, the island of Jamaica became an independent nation, making … but tallawah island (“small but mighty” in Jamaican ) was one triumph in the long history of Black sovereignty and … the Caribbean. Jamaica had been a Spanish colony until 1655 when Britain launched the Western Design, an expedition …

… In its brutality and horror, the World Trade Center attack of September 11 outmatched … After two attempts by that army to seize power, the war was finally ended by a precipitate French retreat from North … strike at the United States and its  interests wherever and whenever they could. Ultimately there are no right choices …

… The joy of reading comes in all seasons, but many people … on a range of topics. Some of these books surprised me when I first read them, or I have taught them and have had … Brown tells the history of two of these places, Richland, Washington and Ozersk in the Russian Ural Mountains. Like …

… Twin headlines have repeated across the country over the last several months, warning of labor … rush the journey. They warned their clients that the border was about to open but would quickly “fill up” a quota and … Yet there have been very few moments in American history when migration has not been described in crisis language, …

… Until 2014, Ukraine was a country little known and poorly-understood by many in the West. While the Ukrainian Revolution of February 2014 … range anywhere from seven cited sources to seventy. Even when citations are prevalent, they might make the academic …

… The Brazilians’ victory in this year’s World Cup in soccer … evident in the time of military dictatorship (1964-1985) when many forms of political expression were illegal. In … Brazil’s Soccer Mania: An Example for the World …

… Before the selection of Alaska’s governor, Sarah Palin, as the … a Christian nation. That hope, however, may be fleeting. When, last fall, Gov. Palin declared October 21-27 to be Alaska’s “Christian Heritage Week,” she was not merely issuing the kind of routine, pro-forma …

… January 24 th , 2014, is the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s cinematic … has remained oddly relevant to our modern day. In an era when the United States still has troops fighting all over … specific time and gained particular resonance because it was released so soon after the Cuban Missile crisis put the …

… on this current debate, and reminds us that we’ve had these fights before. Ellis Island Nation: Immigration Policy … 1924, coming largely from eastern and southern Europe. This was the population that came through Ellis Island and other … established their young son’s American identity. When World War I ended, concern over the loyalty of new …

… As Pope Leo XIV takes the helm over 1.4 billion  Catholics  worldwide, consider … his namesake Leo XIII. Reigning from 1878 to 1903, Leo XIII was renowned for his worldly activism.  The former Robert … Rerum novarum — On Capital and Labor —depicted society when “the enormous fortunes of some few individuals, and the …

… Trump made a set of disparaging comments about Puerto Rico. They underscored just how little many Americans understand … fleet during the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898. When the dust kicked up by Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders … Partido Popular Democrático (PPD, Popular Democratic Party) was founded in 1938. Though it grew out of earlier movements …

… Saving the Union by defeating the Confederate army and being … occupied the Oval Office since the first, Abraham Lincoln, was elected in 1860. Now, like the relatives nobody wants at … and “Uncle Warren” Harding, and “Rutherfraud” B. Hayes. But when was the last time you heard some Republican politician …