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… In the wake of the recent election fiasco in Florida, many … bothers people in more populous states now, just as it did when the Electoral College was created in 1787. Wouldn’t it be more democratic, they … Break Up the States? …

… In the face of disasters we have come to expect that our … of Roman Emperor Tiberius. None of these responses are new. When we reflect on the history of government response to … burden.” The real model for government response, however, was the emperor Nero. It always surprises people to hear …

… Inflation has long been the great scourge of Argentina and its people. From 1944 to … -7 percent in February 1954 Officially, the inflation rate was recorded at 14.80 percent in July of 2015 (according to … of “cooking the books” and reported that “since 2007, when Guillermo Moreno, the secretary of internal trade, was …

… Perhaps the most moving and iconic moment in American military … this victory to complete destruction of Confederate forces was perhaps equally significant. On July 1, 1863, advanced … as were some of Meade’s own cross-party subordinates. When one officer gave Meade a back-slapping roar of approval …

… Whenever a president begins a second term, changes among his … might also inspire comparisons to Abraham Lincoln. By the beginning of Lincoln’s second term in 1865, all but two … The only other original cabinet member still there in 1865, was Navy Secretary Gideon Welles, who had been a Connecticut …

… of humanitarian corridors that Russian troops wasted no time in bombing, the siege or occupation of cities … Cabanes : But what kind of history are we talking about? When a conflict breaks out, the historian’s expertise is … siege of the city of Mariupol by Russian troops to that of Leningrad (September 1941-January 1944), which caused more …

… “We all had the same reaction. We tried not to see it. We were shocked, … era. The French case provides eerie parallels to today, when we are faced every day with new allegations about the … use of torture in Algeria didn’t happen overnight. It was a reaction to a deepening crisis in which the French …

… domestic debates about how to achieve moral consistency in the fight and where to use federal government powers. A … Southern segregation. How can we fight for democracy, it was asked, when we treat so many Americans as second-class citizens? …

… a concise, insightful study of presidential candidates and their styles of political decision making . These styles … destructive to fulfilling their ambition" and that it was Reagan's temperament which helped him "gain his party's … showed ideological firmness, yet made political compromises when necessary . This pragmatism, combined with Reagan's …

… or, even better, "That's ancient history," suggests that the past is irrelevant. Sure, history happened. But so what? … states still prohibited black-white marriage in 1967, when the Supreme Court's evocatively entitled Loving v. … were wrong, it does not follow that the same arguments, when applied to gay marriage, are wrong. I am personally and …

…   … like the innkeeper in later Elizabethan Norfolk who scolded … and scholastics alike, the first thoughts that come to mind when discussing the Reformation is almost never either that … years of Elizabeth I’s reign, the population of England was not only forced to coexist amidst their religious …

… December 25, 1848, brought an unwelcome gift to the Queen City. That Christmas Day, a dying man was borne from the Lewis Wetzel , a New Orleans steamboat … 5% of the city’s roughly 115,000 population. And death, when it came, was horrific: producing voluminous discharge …

… The country is experiencing a Teddy Roosevelt moment.   The … Democratic politicians also like the fact that he was a Republican. By reminding Americans that Roosevelt … but the other catchphrases are still as apt today as when they first appeared. He peppered his writings and …

… Relatively few Americans will see the CBS Television mini-series, “The Reagans,” when it’s released in the months ahead. A barrage of … convinced CBS executives that the controversial series was more appropriate for a small, paying Showtime audience … “The Reagans”: The Spirit of Censorship Lives …

… It's not accidental that Ukraine is called the “bread basket” of Eastern Europe . Walking the streets … came to a skidding halt 30 years ago in the spring of 1986 when Ukrainians learned about the April 26 explosions at the … and then to have to start to consider it dangerous—that was wholly alienating. It triggered a complex of seeing …

… 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 …