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… wants to open up more federal lands and waters to drilling for oil and natural gas. His party is pushing, in the name … by killer chemicals unwittingly unleashed by the scientific community. “Future historians may well be amazed by our … that the efforts to manipulate and control nature can have ultimately detriment effects. A Book-of-the-Month-Club …

… (the national colors). The two contenders in the run-off for France's highest office that took place on May 6, 2012 … it mildly. Socialism, at least in the United States, has become a byword among Republicans for fiscally irresponsible … social security system that remains the envy of most visitors—and the pride of most French citizens. It …

… single kilometer. Although the only electric vehicle at the competition, the Jeantaud handily beat its gasoline-powered … percent of the rapidly growing US car market, compared to steam cars (40 percent) and gasoline cars (22 percent).  … affordable Ford Model T that intentionally drove down the price of an individual automobile only further hurt electric …

… allows us to reflect on such important ideas as justice, communal violence, and political legitimacy. Like any civil … legacy of military, economic, and territorial conquest that forever shaped North America. In broad terms, the Creek … But the victorious faction of Creeks soon paid a dear price for their alliance. Jackson demanded that the Creek …

… For hundreds of years, would-be prophets have warned of that … visions of Malthus, Ehrlich, and other doomsayers have not come to pass.  Drawing on a rich variety of government … Governments have provided relief through public granaries, price controls, the equivalent of soup kitchens, …

… United States. Sometimes, in fact, we try to hide our hand completely. For example, the administration frankly says it will use $97 … to the cause — how firm each will be when a heavy price must be paid. And when we remember that 36 casualties … History News Service …

… of the term “malefactors of great wealth,” Teddy’s label for corrupt corporations and businessmen. Three years later … a Milwaukee auditorium to deliver a speech. True to his combative reputation, he insisted on speaking before going … to be flip-floppers who shift their views according to the latest opinion polls. In such a political climate, it’s no …

… covers, official recitals of the God-infused pledge are now forbidden. Unlike last June, when politicians savaged a … evangelical Rev. Billy Graham rose to celebrity denouncing communism as a "satanic religion," while Secretary of State … highest form of patriotism. Historian David Greenberg is a visiting scholar at the American Academy of Arts and …

… we eat, this case effectively created the legal context for sugar to become ubiquitous. Look at any U.S. food label today and you … never part of the trial record, the Court of Appeals, and ultimately the Supreme Court, would not know these facts and …

… split the party. In July, when the 186 members of the platform committee meet, they’ll have to write a plank on the war in … was all about. In 1972, Republicans portrayed that as the ultimate danger of a McGovern victory, and they won … History News Service …

… The campaign finance reform bill passed by Congress will affect not only the … discussion of issues over party politics but make political compromise even more difficult than it is today. In 1787, … groups at the expense of parties, comes with a prize and a price: it will reduce partisan bickering, but at the cost of …

… This April 15 — the day when individual federal tax return forms are due thousands of tea party activists will converge … capitals and Washington, D.C., to protest the federal income tax. As their name implies and their banners state, … Congress enacts and resent their consequences, but, ultimately, the federal government is the nation’s …

… — without college exemptions and, yes, with a provision for drafting young women as well as men. Rangel’s proposal … afford to do so continued their education, while their compatriots with lesser means often found themselves … question the consideration it deserves when we may pay the price. A final argument for universal conscription is that …

… a long history of pointing to mental illness as a panacea for solving social problems and an equally lengthy history … Jessica Vinas-Nelson   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … know, simply managing that person's behavior, you know, was ultimately the key. I think, in the 18th century, there is …

… to show indiscipline by way of embarrassing leaks; and foreign leaders from Nicolas Sarkozy to Vladimir Putin to … cautious, thoughtful Obama was just plain weak, or worse: incompetent. Well, health care legislation has passed, the … The Atlantic Century (2009) and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… consider the old Chinese adage, “Be careful what you wish for, because you may get it.” A gay marriage amendment, if … likely have to endure the result regardless of how much we come to regret it. The nation’s constitutional history is … that a wide range of matters from health care to hospital visitation rights to joint filing of income taxes ought to …

… one of the global powers, there has been a growing demand for more scholarship about the rise of modern India. Srinath … 1939 to over two million in 1945 (64). This process was accompanied by considerable growing pains. Indian troops … to try and secure German support for India. While Hitler ultimately declined to aid Bose, Japan worked to support an …

… The 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education has come and gone. But in celebrating its achievements we have … that myth decade after decade. In New York City, for example, the current generation of parent activists … children to inferior and unequal education. Adina Back, visiting fellow at the New York University Institute for …

… natives of the New World.   Las Casas ( above ) rose to become one of the most influential thinkers of his day. He … his rhetoric over time as he and his argument matured. For instance, he originally advocated the use of African … the Spanish legal system, and indigenous peoples were ultimately allowed to adjudicate in inter-indigenous …

… on fifteen candidates who ran between 1788 and 1980. Fit for the Presidency? Winners, Losers, What-Ifs, and Also-Rans … of the presidency itself has changed, making his comparisons something of an apples and oranges exercise.  … Morris claims – evidence? – that RFK was insincere when he “visited burned-out ghettoes to ensure that he would get 90 …

… its propaganda war against the Serbs? Will provisions for the demilitarization of the Kosovo Liberation Army and … and relying on military superiority and instead find common ground with its adversaries. In October 1962 Kennedy … at Henderson State University, and a writer for the History News Service. …

… Why has the balanced budget amendment been before Congress for sixty-one years without gaining approval?  … to popular enthusiasm for a simplistic solution to fiscal complexities, a responsible minority treated the … the states. They knew the rules for making the laws would ultimately determine the fate of their government. As …