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… They came from the East, from the West, from Europe to pour money into an American industry growing exponentially … reward for reasonable risk. We're talking about the dot-com industries of the '90s, aren't we? Not this time. We're … based on common sense, whether their subjects be web sites or cattle herds. The great market crash of Old West …

… Powder  The food tradition of the American Southwest has come about through various populations’ contributions over … his New Braunfels, Texas restaurant in 1894. He is widely credited as the inventor of this product. He soon thereafter … a military town with transient servicemen and as a tourist site based on a fantasy heritage of the Alamo brought in …

… and studied during Korea’s Joseon period (1392-1897). At sites such as Sobaek Mountain, Buseoksa Temple, Sosu Seowon … lantern, a wood plaque reads “Muryangsujeon (無量壽殿)” and welcomes all comers (right). The founder of the Buseoksa Temple, …

… for the political party whose policies promise the best outcome. But if we had any way to make such calculations—if we … Franklin Roosevelt. In 1928 Hoover and his party had taken credit for the prosperity of the 1920s, and at the end of … vessel into which the American people can be expected to pour their inexhaustible supply of hope—in just the same way …

… spy. Since then, as this list shows, espionage became more complex and increasingly valuable. The times change, but spies remain. Here are ten of history’s top … at the onset of World War II . It quickly became the site for the British Code and Cypher School, headquarters …

… to internment camps, depriving them of their freedom, homes and jobs. But the 20th century’s legal foundation for … alien enemies (Germans) and others suspected of disloyalty, including the press and those who opposed the … to act decisively, during World War I President Wilson took command of telegraph and telephone systems, issued executive …

… the Jewish homeland, many Jews instead saw the country as a site of displacement or a way-station to more desirable … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Welcome to Leaving Zion: Jewish Emigration from Palestine and … the Jewish homeland, many Jews instead saw the country as a site of displacement, or a waystation to more desirable …

… will likely preoccupy future historians for years to come. While a number of factors contributed to his … however, is mutual. Donald Trump during an interview at Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona in December 2015 (Photo by … of Trump that greatly advantaged his campaign over his competitors’, especially in the primary season’s early days. …

… talk by some American politicians about Mexican immigrants coming to the United States, people around the world are … In 1365, these walls were razed and a new wall made of limestone was constructed under the reign of Dmitrii Donskoi … with the New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street is the site of the old wall between the Native Americans and the …

… Johann Gmelin (1709-55) was so captivated by the industrial sites of “Catharinenburg” that he visited twice—on his path … to and from Siberia in 1734 and again in September 1742, commenting from Nev’iansk: “I had little interaction with … Stroganov family, at Usol’e, narrowly missing a huge downpour as we arrived. The Stroganovs were the virtual lords of …

… was a consolation prize: the hand that rocked the cradle or poured the tea did not rule the world, and everyone knew it. … of all classes and races know a lady when we see one. She combines a highly attuned sense of others’ needs with an … administration, imparting psychological and emotional messages of stability, reassurance, legitimacy and morality. …

… indicating various locations in Georgia and Azerbaijan visited. Georgia My first stop was Georgia, a small country … from her grasp, so she had to be buried with it. The site where Sidonia is believed to have been buried with the … only after St. Nino spent an entire night praying for it to come back. From its bark, once it was grounded, flowed holy …

… This presentation commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster … Nicholas Breyfogle: Hello and welcome to Remembering Bhopal: The World's Worst Industrial …   when the bosses from Union Carbide Corporation U.S.   visited the Bhopal factory, and there was a safety week that …

… the Alexander legends. The Egyptian tradition, for example, credited Nectanebo, the last historical pharaoh of Egypt (r. … birth narrative takes a markedly different approach. It comes to us via Firdausi's Shahnameh (Book of Kings), Persia's …

… 2018, President Donald Trump made a set of disparaging comments about Puerto Rico. They underscored just how little … and the Hill: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) Site of the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) … Manhattan on October 26, 1974. The next year, the FALN took credit for a series of bombings in New York, Chicago, and …

… a table with friends and fight over.  I mean that as a high compliment, since there are far too many books out there, … to be fair to his subjects and to their politics.  He gives credit where credit is due, and he avoids pulling the … presidential campaign in Neshoba County Mississippi, the site of gruesome civil rights violence, and spoke of states' …

… on July 4, 1826, Jefferson was so deep in debt to foreign creditors that everything he owned — including his slaves — … luxury and self-indulgence with the stern defender of the common man we know from history textbooks. As chief … to rebuild it – continuously. Monticello was a construction site for decades. He installed French three-part stacking …

… Walking through Chichén Itzá, one of the central and sacred sites of the empire, visitors can both see and hear … creating the sound of Kukulkan’s tail, rattling seven times. The Temple of 1,000 Pillars at Chichén Itzá. Historians … and the collection of tribute. With a powerful army of loyal warriors and such an extensive network of roadways …

… and dry places, like much of the American West, will become even more parched. John Wesley Powell is rolling over … wanted to hear, any more than Congress wants to hear that message today, especially not the expansion-minded … the agricultural equivalent of paying your mortgage with a credit card — the bank catches up with you eventually. In …

… the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, delivering sharp comic material about his recently released long-form birth … and Samar Islands in November 2013, then-Mayor Duterte visited within days and coordinated his own aid effort, while … and, with the assistance of the central bank, offered cheap credit to companies. With demand for labor rising in Western …

… Now Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., who chairs the Senate committee looking into Clinton’s fund-raising, has joined … a contrast with Clinton, Thompson praised Roosevelt for coming to the Senate in person to testify on the funding of … their contributors and expenses. After this stirring message, Roosevelt, again anticipating Clinton, took no …

… to the Supreme Court.   T.R. recognized that those who become judges invariably have had close association with … T.R. and Obama understood that empathy is often a prerequisite for impartiality.   Justice Holmes’s great colleague, … that is really designed to help achieve it.   To their credit, Theodore Roosevelt and Obama recognized that a judge …

… Brenna Miller   Welcome to History Talk, the podcast that brings together a … the Director of Pharos: Doing Justice to the Classics , a site devoted to documenting and responding to appropriations … they say that Rome fell because of immigration and sometimes they also say, because of the decline of morality, and …