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… amendment banning gay marriage ought to consider the old Chinese adage, “Be careful what you wish for, … The nation’s constitutional history is full of instances when the outcome of amendments varied from the original … a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, even when they personally oppose the practice, are prudent …

… candles this year.  Like all Jews, I grew up hearing the story of the brave young freedom fighters, the … prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said it clearly:  when Arafat signed the Oslo Agreements, he was agreeing to be Israel's "subcontractor," to suppress the …

… We tell ourselves that there is just one ultimate reality out there, a single fixed … allowing the peoples we study to decide for themselves what was true and real in their experience, our picture of the … on which the life and health of the community is staked. When one then surveys the different models of reality that …

… February 3, 2018 marked 75 years since the conclusion of the Battle of Stalingrad . After almost … participants in the defense effort ( right ). Stalingrad was hailed in February 3’s Pravda ( Truth ) newspaper as … as Grossman and Koroteev had done in the Soviet period. Whenever the battle is mentioned in popular culture, …

… William Colby has become a more or less forgotten figure in the turbulent history of the 1960s and 1970s. However, he … but also of the CIA and the Vietnam War. During WWII, Colby was reassigned to the Office of Strategic Services and … barely tolerated “the House of Ngo” and often opposed it. When the Ngo government attempted to repress the unrest, …

… On the cold, foggy morning of January 21, 1793—225 years … from the Temple, the fortified medieval monastery where he was imprisoned, to the Place de la Révolution, where the … to execute their beloved father, their king? After all, when the Revolution began just a few years before in 1789, …

… geopolitical disorder and economic distress wrought by swashbuckling capitalism. As Commanders-in-Chief and liberal Protestants, the twenty-fifth and forty-fourth presidents both confronted … than Hosni Mubarak. But despite his declared benevolence, when provided an opportunity Libyans revolted en masse . …

… For over forty years, John Murrin has been among the most influential historians of colonial America, the … as equal to their fellow Englishmen and believed Parliament was not treating them as such. “The great financier, or … support they desired, but this strategy later backfired when the lower classes used the same ideology to challenge …

… from the domination of Nazi Germany and its allies. Yet it was the Soviet Union who emerged in the early days of the … cast aside the vital partnership then rekindled it when Nazi Germany set its sights on Eastern Europe. The most … came to prominence during this period. Familiar faces like Lenin, Stalin, Molotov, Hindenburg, Hitler, and Ribbentrop …

…   In geologic years, the Galapagos Islands are infants. Located on the … are thought to be no more than 700,000 thousand years old. When the tops of the volcanos first broke through the … As dramatic as what these Europeans took from the islands was what they left behind. The pirates brought goats to the …

… The degeneration of the Iraq conflict into a low level but … communities. Sunnis believe that Muhammad (570-632 CE) was the last divinely inspired individual and that the … , which means tradition. Originally Muslims used the term when they referred to the hadith , reports of the sayings or …

… party's third successful election campaign in 2011, the populist premier gave the Turkish public a few hints … best, years away. Nonetheless, the party's electoral slogan was boundlessly optimistic. "Target 2023," simultaneously … the largest church in the world. By the fifteenth century, when the Byzantine Empire was just a shadow of its former …

… to have watched more than a modest portion of cable news in the past two years might be forgiven for believing that we … Levi's path to greatness through the Wasilla mayor's office and the pages of Playgirl.  The … and intimacy to human narrative at just the moment when mass modernity made everything in city life seem so …

… Reading the headlines over the past weeks and months, it seems like … The most dramatic shift came at the end of the Cold War, when the alliance found it needed to justify its existence … the global political balance. The Roots of NATO NATO was founded in the early years of the Cold War, as relations …