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… didn't move beyond their own self interest and embrace a common good. He called on Americans to unify themselves … words, "human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns." Good leadership requires tough talk like this; it …

… in silence as the defendants filed into the dock. Everyone stood as the four main judges and their alternates … carried the judgement in a thick folder, which drew everyone’s attention. This was the day everyone had waited for … from its worst impulses—how to create a new international community based on “respect for the human person” and belief …

… a crucial test. Power had been transferred peacefully from one president to the next after a bitter electoral campaign. … to the rules of the Constitution, all will … unite in common efforts for the common good," he proclaimed. Two … government" that would "restrain men from injuring one another" but "leave them otherwise free to regulate …

… similar vein portraying the Confederates and their cause as one of “disunion,” influenced and directed by the devil, … chapter deals with the wartime experiences of individual combatants. When confronted with the visceral nature of … pamphlets, letters, and speeches. Blum and Matsui also use official documents and histories and examine the period’s …

… is likely to run again. So relevant "experience" is hard to come by.This presidential season, everybody is talking about … nation's arguably favorite president, Abraham Lincoln. As a one-term backbench congressman, Lincoln had less relevant … has it, and of the two vice presidential contenders, one has none and the other has little. George W. Bush had …

… momentous course of action be undertaken by the president alone after a public airing filled with rumors, leaks, and … there’s something empty about such reverence if our elected officials ignore key grants of power. Take the case of the … 2, Section 2, couldn’t be clearer: “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United …

… and Marcus Brutus concerning the would-be-assassin’s money lending practices, professor Geisst traces the … law, for instance, usury is now accepted as a standard accompaniment to the modern market economy. Indeed, one of … Geisst’s point here is that consumers and government officials did not understand how debt and debt acquisition …

… During the early years of the Cold War, Dean Acheson, one of the architects of American foreign policy, concluded … today as American leaders assess Osama bin Laden’s latest communication. Bin Laden’s audio-taped message offered both … we can assume that his capabilities and his intentions are one and the same. If he’s capable of mounting an attack, he …

…  They are always fighting the last war.  Generals aren’t alone.   In the wake of the debt-ceiling debacle, freshman … party favorite and a new member of the Congressional Super Committee, wrote an op-ed in which he said that “excessive … the last economic war.  And we are losing the current one as a consequence.   In order to understand this long …

… they have attained and the jobs they have found. In one New York Times story, a protester in his 30s told a … made it impossible for them to get married. Many others complained of low pay and underemployment. While the … profile to those who are demonstrating now.  But here is one important difference: In the late 1940s many university …

… fall of 1890, administration of the Pine Ridge Reservation, one of six Sioux Reservations in South Dakota, fell to … asked Big Foot, leader of the Minneconjou Teton Sioux, to come to Pine Ridge Reservation with his followers in hopes … peace. Intercepted by the Seventh Cavalry commanded by Colonel James W. Forysth on December 28, Big Foot's band made …

… the price of beer per Maß (a Bavarian liter) and to limit competition for cereal grains used to bake bread. A … beer. Bavarian beers now compete on an international stage—one of the United States’ largest craft breweries, Stone, … brewery in Germany. Still, just a few blocks away from the site of Munich’s famous Oktoberfest beer festival, Sead …

… the fact that she thought he had “showed himself to be a complete idiot. “Why?” the perplexed reporter inquired. … as it is this year. And the reasons go far beyond the one we keep hearing about, that George W. Bush is the first … “the vision thing.” The son’s problem is just the opposite. He has such a Vision that it blinds his vision. People …

… cradle or poured the tea did not rule the world, and everyone knew it. But “lady,” the word, as well as idea, has … of all classes and races know a lady when we see one. She combines a highly attuned sense of others’ needs with an … mission. The role of a good political wife is to keep the unofficial machinery of politics running smoothly, presiding …

… 25, 2012, we celebrate Isaac Newton’s 370 th birthday. On one hand, the man popularly famous for getting hit on the … he stood on the shoulders of giants, so perhaps he’d welcome the gift.   Newton is famous for Principia Mathematica … to maintain their symmetry . Perhaps the best analogy is one of a Hollywood party described by the Exploratorium here …

… to loosen his creativity and imagination. As we have come to know Fitzgerald the person, the chances are good … in the nuts and bolts operations of prohibition and its opponents, including bootleggers and moonshiners, as well as … excessively used libations in order to write. Consequently, one may inquire as to whether the issue was as politically …

… the words “The End” on a popular, long-running American comedy named “The Roaring Twenties: The New Era of Eternal … economy, community-oriented values made a strong comeback.  One of the most common misconceptions about the Great … keep up with production. The inevitable collapse was postponed by selling products on credit to consumers who did not …

… over the last four years.  The reasons for that are many, complex, and subject to change in the near and far future.  … have on the long transition? Why has the price of oil gone so low? The petroleum industry has survived numerous … Oil producers restarted old fields and developed new ones in Texas and North Dakota, particularly.  While other …

… solvency. Because big sinking funds are good policy, this one should be guarded, not raided. A sinking fund is a kind … than taxpayers are willing to pay all at once, it borrows money by issuing bonds to pay the immediate costs. Then it dedicates an amount of money every year out of incoming taxes to an account that goes to repay the bonds. …

… with important aspects of the Ten Years' War. Chapter one examines the origins of the rivalry between Athens and … chapter two by the motivations and actions that led to the coming of the Ten Years' War. In chapter three, Lendon … danger lay, Lendon argues, in the political dimension. If one Greek state gave a command to another, this usually …

… talker" of World War II. In September Allen Dale June, one of the original Navajo "code talkers," also passed away. … languages in the top-secret code project, which began unofficially in the trenches of World War I. Though … U.S. general killed in World War II, are not names that come to mind for most people.   That's because this is not …

… major headlines. China-watchers, journalists, and academics commemorated June 4—as the event is called for short—with … on the fields of Victoria Park, they lit candles from one to another, they sang songs, and they bowed three times … sale; signs call for the return to the Admiralty protest site, resistance against mainland-ization, and “I want true …

… in Iraq: the longer we stay, the stronger our enemies become. We cannot defeat either the insurgency or the civil … the defeated Ottoman Empire after World War I, but British officials ignored the ethnic and religious antagonisms … and public came to oppose Churchill for wasting lives and money to force Iraqis to accept an occupation they despised; …

… stay the course in that conflict have taken on a desperate tone. The president and his supporters frequently cite the … Vietnam analogy is not so much the difficulty of drawing comparisons between two different situations. The problem is … policy. In a geopolitical sense, withdrawal allowed U.S. officials to adapt to an international environment that had …