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… What is on America's wish list for the New Year?  Well, having Democrats and Republicans …  As former senators, they continued this bipartisan spirit when they proposed to President Bill Clinton an … school meals program in 2000.  The McGovern-Dole initiative was passed, and Congress appropriated $300 million to …

… Charles Russo’s Striking Distance distinguishes itself from the many existing biographies of Bruce Lee by focusing not … goes into greater detail about the history of kung fu as it was taught in America, especially in San Francisco’s … Bruce Lee ran into conflict with some of these masters when, in a series of public demonstrations, he criticized …

… Now that the Senate has failed once again to muster a two-thirds vote … in the first place? It used to be that burning the flag was the approved way to dispose of a worn-out flag, and that … but not athletic teams. The rules detailed how and when and where to display the flag, how and when to salute …

… Sometimes the coincidences of history are uncanny.  On Sunday, … "free market" origins. Of course in the fall of 2008 it was the world's governments , the supposedly "shrinking … global military and economic competition.  Until 1873, when a newly united Germany adopted the gold standard, most …

… Argentina’s struggle with cholera in the 19 th century offers important insights for the COVID-19 … of diarrhea. Each time the body expelled its unwanted waste, it sent millions of bacteria into the water supply, … in South Asia, areas of Africa, and, most recently, Haiti . When cholera raged in the 19 th century, the disease vexed …

… During the 1970s, a counter-movement arose that challenged the … becoming the newest tenant of the US Constitution. But it was during the early 1970s that a counter movement … who supported his wife's political activities. In 1952, when Fred Schlafly declined to the Republican party's …

… In early December 2022, the Salvadoran government approved its ninth extension of … century in El Salvador as the pinnacle of militarization, when the military focused more on controlling its citizens … of Memory , virtually every male over the age of twelve was killed. After two weeks, the military had …

…   Elena Conis’ Vaccine Nation examines the changing perceptions of vaccines in the United States . … security : improving the health of American children was critical at a time when a fifth of applicants to the U.S. military were being …

… Until recently, the Bush cabinet has been in disarray in its policy toward Iraq. Adding to the confusion was antiwar advice given by self-appointed experts from past … war is necessary, State pushes for multilateral diplomacy. When retired officials elbow their way into such a conflict, …

… During the Soviet era, the Nagorno-Karabakh region was part of the Azerbaijan republic but had a majority … Bolshevik revolutionary Stepan Shahumyan, an ally of Lenin. Stepan Shahumyan, the Armenian Bolshevik … princes became engulfed in infighting.  The fatal blow came when one Armenian prince invited Panah-Ali Khan Javanshir of …

… future generations will look to this spring's Marches on Washington for clues to understanding us. In the first, on April 16, labor unions and … to Washington, D.C. He and some followers were arrested when they presented their petition for relief at the …

… When I’m out on the lecture circuit talking about Martin Luther King, one of … who led us into it now admit what a terrible blunder it was. They admit that King’s protest against the war was … in Christianity.” That is what we have to learn to do when we ask the question: “What would Dr. King say about…?” …

… On October 6, 1973, the Yom Kippur War erupted in the Middle East when Anwar Sadat’s Egypt and Hafez al-Assad’s Syria launched … signals made it clear to the Nixon administration that aid was necessary.  Nixon authorized Operation Nickel Grass to …

… Now that the trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic … of the trial, prosecutor Carla del Ponte insisted that his was not a political trial. Milosevic countered with a … more a claim than reality. The alleged new era began when courts in The Hague, Spain, Belgium and the United …

… “No more Munichs,” President Bush warned at the November ceremony in Lithuania marking the latest round … into a conflagration engulfing the entire continent. When Austria moved to attack Serbia, Russia mobilized … it harder to extricate their countries from the conflict when their initial strategies went awry. The ruinous …

… or Meiji Ishin, occurred on January 3, 1868, and marked the return of the Japanese emperor to a position of power … time in more than 500 years.  The Restoration happened when a coalition of powerful pro-reform forces led a palace … of the Tokugawa and handover to the new Meiji regime was swift and largely peaceful, resulting in the …

… When Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated as America's third president in 1801, he noted that the American experiment in democracy had passed a crucial … of Stravinsky. Stolypin's policies led Vladimir Lenin to conclude that his generation might not even see the …

… Central Asia may be the most important part of the world we know the least … of Russian imperialism, like in other European colonies, was the exploitation of natural resources. Raw materials … of ecological disasters. The Soviet Legacy in Central Asia When the Central Asian states were thrust into independence …

… Gunshots? Or was it fireworks? When I saw a man running for his life, I immediately knew the answer. "COME IN!" someone was yelling. I need not have …

… This years Veterans Day comes in the wake of fierce political campaigning over which policies … for their country overseas. The divisive war in Iraq was what drove this fall’s march of troops through dueling … wordless rituals began four score and seven years ago, when President Wilson asked Americans to observe two minutes …

… Paul Ryan? A recent CNN poll indicated that more than half the country doesn’t know enough about him to form an … the job before accepting Mitt Romney’s invitation.   Adams was not alone in his views of the vice presidency. Many of … keeper Martin J. Dooley, perhaps captured the office best when he said that the vice presidency was “not a crime …

… Explanations of the Heaven’s Gate suicides now blame everything from comets … among us, as commentator David Gelernter put it. Perhaps when we have finished scapegoating we might look more … gullibility in the novel “The Confidence-Man” (1857). It was the story of a Mississippi riverboat crook who left …

… On June 12, the Supreme Court ruled that Clarence E. Hill, a Florida … right to challenge the lethal injection procedure the state was planning to use on him. The Court's decision was … for the victim and a crisis of conscience for society when the government kills a human being. By trying to invent …