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… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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, …

…   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 …

… Do you recall the battle not long ago over the proposed national standards for American history? When it was charged, incorrectly as it turns out, that the standards …

… 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…?” …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… “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 …