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… obstinate president. Historians now regard him as one of our most ineffective leaders. In recent weeks … and highly partisan speeches about his political opponents and excited considerable resistance. Northerners … showed too much sympathy for southern interests. They complained that he would not compromise with diverse and …

… the Supreme Court and amidst growing public criticism. To compound the confusion, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, sitting … upon the declaration of independence, absorbed almost one million new Jewish immigrants during its first decade of … roots including corruption involving Labor government officials, which coincided with a broader decline of …

… advertising–presumably this would apply to businesses now competing the have the biggest flag in the neighborhood. One can't help suspecting that has more to do with profits … the shirts, pants, kerchiefs and sundry undergarments. One congressman a couple of years back turned up on the …

… of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, the latter one of the most important female political figures of the 20 … we think about this political family, but it is a mostly comprehensive overview in Ken Burns’ trademark engaging … for political gain as out of goodwill. By only focusing on one aspect of FDR’s character, The Roosevelts leaves him a …

… signed after  WWI , the Treaty of Lausanne was the only one negotiated and, perhaps more importantly, it is the only … Ottoman rule for centuries. The Balkan Wars saw atrocities committed against civilians on a massive scale. The … East.  However, the Treaty of Lausanne also marked the official end of long-lasting Ottoman co-existence. It …

… and stories of families going days without power as the Lone Star State’s electricity system faltered in the middle … least some of the blame can go to the now-disgraced energy company, Enron, and its misuse of long-held American … competition to the U.S. retail market for electricity, one of the last great monopolies.” In a letter to the …

… lived in the urban North, but the black population burgeoned during the Great Migration of the 1910s and 1920s and … never passive victims.  From the very beginning of black community development in the North, African Americans fought … exclusive, but as blacks became increasingly disillusioned by the slow pace of integration, many turned to local …

… One of the most beautiful parts of the former Soviet … historical monuments and churches.  Sadly, it has become the center of a major feud between Armenians and … Nearby is the ruined Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque.  Other sites of interest include the 9th Century Dadivank …

… The Italian media mogul, Italy’s richest man, is now the incoming prime minister. How could that not be worrisome for … with a talent for self-promotion. Today he is a seasoned strongman delighting in the cult of personality. Seven … empires. There was an array of serious charges, including money laundering, tax evasion, complicity in murder and the …

… were right-wing ideologues who cynically utilized fears of communism to crush opposition to their tyrannical regimes. … resolution prevailed because police, military and political officials had already received blanket amnesty. Nor did the … the records of men like P.W. Botha and Augusto Pinochet. One example of the revelatory capacity of these bodies will …

… Trump held up Carrier, an air conditioning and heating company, as a symbol of the plight of American … near party-line support, and the next election ushered in one of the greatest partisan shifts in American history. … trade in the 1930s, much of the world headed the opposite direction. Great Britain sought to protect homegrown …

… invaded beaches and ports across French North Africa. Officially opening a long-awaited second front against the Axis, operation Torch constituted the biggest and most complex amphibious landing to that point in world history.  … The path to Northwest Africa, however, was never a foregone conclusion. America’s commitment to the Allied war …

… assertiveness by opening a new Cold War or renewing the old one. We should not panic if Russia, in the short-term, becomes more antagonistic toward Western values and interests. … ways. Presently, anti-Westernism is unfocused, as no one on the Russian left or right has yet made use of the …

… Barry Goldwater of 1964. Dean should have taken the comparison seriously. Glaring parallels exist between the … Kennedy narrowly defeated Richard M. Nixon. Many disillusioned Republicans suspected Democratic vote fraud, but more … within his own party, but a maverick with a vision, one that galvanized a national constituency and led to his …