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… Morrie Ryskind and Ira and George Gershwin wrote "Of Thee I Sing" in 1931, they created a vice president named Alexander … thus passed into the language to refer to someone with no competence or apparent purpose. It turns out, however, that … in 1940 as a symbol of the administration's continuing commitment to the New Deal, was given significant …

… the reader.   The reviewer’s photos during the peaceful component of the pro-democracy EuroMaidan protests.  … and a populace can simply start history at a time most compatible with their own mythological narrative.  The only … sea, is always dynamic and as such, maps are vital in discussing the spatial relationships that show who is/was doing …

… regiments of British troops had occupied the city of Boston since September 1768, after residents had resisted taxes … soldiers and townspeople and by early 1770, fights had become commonplace. The death of a young man, Christopher Seider, …

… on faculty hires. Suddenly, new Ph.D.s found themselves competing with a hundred or even a thousand other candidates for a single job. One can see these despondent souls at any academic conference, squirming uncomfortably in their suits and waiting — always waiting for …

… continues to our day. Do these Church actions prove the incompatibility between science and religion? What lessons can … daily on its own axis and revolves yearly around the sun. Since antiquity, this idea had been considered but rejected … into trouble. A geocentric model of the solar system (top) compared to the heliocentric model (bottom) Galileo …

… as head of a state that had quietly ceased to exist. Since then, American thinking about Russia has swerved … wanted to emulate. Now that they had been freed from communist oppression, many supposed, it would not be long … many Russians did hope that Russia would magically become like the United States, the euphoric American …

… a ranking of the best—something that really is impossible, since all of us bring different sets of values and … the park’s museum, which is located beneath the Arch, was completely redesigned to acknowledge the growing consensus … video essay presented here, I ask viewers to keep this more complex and troubling context in mind as well.) Written by …

… A soldier named Tim McVeigh . . . ―Charlie King, The War is Coming Home , 1996 On April 19, 1995, a date fraught with … former soldier Timothy McVeigh—along with several accomplices—detonated a three-and-a-half ton fertilizer bomb … new book, Bring the War Home , builds upon the folk singer’s insight. Belew positions the Oklahoma City bombing …

… Donald Goerke invented SpaghettiOs, the round, canned cousins of spaghetti. The SpaghettiO is now a strangely … every piece was in place for this circular pasta to become a staple of the American diet. By 2010, over 150 … pasta and sauce. In this sense, it is a food source that completely disconnects “food” and “source.” During the 19 th …

… cougars, and rattlesnakes. If he hasn’t been rescued by his compatriots, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the … in 1846 — under unusual circumstances, to be sure. To overcome abolitionist objections, President John Tyler resorted to a joint resolution of Congress. Since the Constitution provides no correct way to annex …

… power with this “Lost Kingdom.” Plokhy contends that since the fall of Kievan Rus, the Russian nation has only … and truly non-Russian populations dwelled . Readers might come away with the impression that the Russian Empire and … history. Despite this, Plokhy succeeds in detailing the complexities of Russo-Ukrainian relations over the centuries …

… As national governments and the global scientific community struggle to contain the spread of the coronavirus … last few months confronting a different type of outbreak. Misinformation about the current public health crisis—which … since the 9/11 truther movement . A 2020 ad for the upcoming Plandemic documentary U.S. government …

… population walked out of the Istanbul meeting as well, complaining that the SNC had no intention of setting up a … or excesses, and ensure equitable representation of all components of society." The Covenant envisaged the … But the rhetoric of SNC Chairman Burhan Ghalioun's closing address, which called on delegates to take a formal …

… the World to Flying Saucers https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/ …

… be eclipsed by the next scandal before too long. If we’re becoming a more liberal society, shouldn’t there be fewer and … standards of sexual morality that have governed our culture since the colonial era. Some commentators will bemoan the apparent moral corruption of …

… and he has offered himself as the only man capable of exorcising the demon.   Santorum has surged in the polls among GOP voters precisely because he is so comfortable mixing politics and religion. He presents a … the kind of bigotry American Catholics have tried to overcome. What may be less familiar is that Santorum’s brand of …

… the sentence less than two years later. (Right): The Assassination of Alexander II, drawn by G. Broling in 1881. On … by failing to address the problems in Russian society that compelled the radicals to violence, Russian leaders … condemned him for his willingness to work with Italy’s communist Party, an act that they believed would undermine …

… That country has seen incessant military takeovers, assassinations, political executions, and factional and ethnic … had literate, talented, industrially and technologically competent populations, a huge help in building a modern … officials today talk of a one- or possibly two-year commitment in Iraq. After World War II the vanquished …

… a million people. South Dakota, the stories revealed, had become the “Cayman Islands of the Heartland.” As unlikely as … examine the consequences of neoliberalism and its close cousin, fiscal conservatism. These terms describe a set of … spending, all at the expense of public control and the commonweal around the globe for the past half-century. These …

… too much about it." (Library of Congress) But that did not come to pass. The “no state shall” language was ideally … constrained congressional authority to protect rights ever since. It has been easier to argue that denial of rights inhibits interstate commerce than to rely on the Fourteenth Amendment. The …

… The prominent reformer, Martin Luther boasts the most complex legacy of his contemporaries because of how he … Martin Luther’s World and Legacy grapples with Luther’s complicated legacy through a series of brilliantly … argues that quill fights mimicked “the swagger of male single combat in an age when noblemen had to prove their …