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… Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence will, once again, command center stage. It will be quoted and read in its … who might be persuaded to aid the American cause. Paine’s audience was less refined. They were the common people who … and a testament to the will of the common people — an audience to which Jefferson, for all his brilliance as a …

… capitals and Washington, D.C., to protest the federal income tax. As their name implies and their banners state, … than they realize. But they’re dead wrong in their main complaint: today’s tax policies are a direct result of what … National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. …

… analogies about Iraq. They had better search further. While comparisons of Iraq with Vietnam may stir Howard Dean’s … and Iraqi police face domestic and foreign terrorists committed not to independence but actually to blocking … would demonstrate American will power. It would save future American lives and ensure that those lost remain …

… Before 1600 (the period most of the English precedents come from), of course, one has to be careful when using … is a distinct possibility that William II was assassinated) died violent deaths at the hands of their subjects. Some, … quietly murdered. Others, like Richard I and Richard III, died fighting the rebels. Another two, King Stephen in 1141 …

… In November 2009 that angry fragment of the party is embodied by Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Joe Wilson and their … They have shown no inclination toward the kind of compromise that characterized President Reagan on issues … gubernatorial campaign Ronald Reagan declared his 11th Commandment, “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow …

… United States. The press, the government, and the medical community claim, often and loudly, that these numbers augur … Neither of these conclusions was foregone; both were expedient answers to social and political pressures. Indeed, … on Aging gave way to the language of political expediency. The problem was no longer dependency, but poverty …

… to be over” (9). Children succumbed to televisions and shopping malls, and parents succumbed to the fear that their … of newspapers, periodicals, television programs, films, websites, and published works to tell her story, but she … War Two. Fear is also a significant topic in cultural studies, sociology, and psychology. For the historian of modern …

… the Democratic Party may self-destruct during the coming elections because it’s becoming softer on the war. We’ll have to wait until November … from Iraq would validate Al-Qaida strategy and invite future attacks. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s latest …

… was the reinterpretation of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Comparing President Kennedy’s action and President Bush’s … administration lacks the kind of documentary evidence that compelled Kennedy to act. Kennedy resisted the use of force even when advisers went beyond recommending air strikes on the missile installations and …

… the exiles and the U.S. government joined in a powerful common cause to dump Castro, who, in the peak Cold War … Washington began badly. Outstanding among the CIA's many futile efforts to get rid of Castro was a disastrous … pro quo. Slowly, however, the view of the Cuban-American community is changing, partly because Cuban immigration has …

… thus passed into the language to refer to someone with no competence or apparent purpose. It turns out, however, that … qualified to direct foreign policy if the president dies and to continue the basic policies in the next election … Cheney maintains good health. Thus, he has handed the future of the presidential Republican party over to a …

… as the war drags on and Americans and Iraqis continue to die. The term "shock and awe" is in keeping with a … Smith returned to England, proclaiming his mission accomplished; but the Virginia Indian wars lasted for decades. … this terror from the air." Any society would experience "a complete breakdown," as civilians, seeking to end their …

… The 1972 Munich Olympics were billed as Die Heiteren Spiele —the “Happy Games.” West Germans hoped … Games” soon became the “Olympics of Terror.” A global audience watched a tragic attack on the Israeli athletes … met to plan Operation “Ikrit and Biram” under mission commander “Issa,” Arabic for Jesus. Ikrit and Biram were two …

… Salman Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children features a memorable … of waterways serves as a metaphor for the subcontinent’s complicated post-colonial coming of age. Favoring academic history over Rushdie’s magical realism, Keay’s work examines the history of …

… infection, caused by Vibrio cholerae, caused patients’ bodies to waste away in a matter of hours due to sudden … the poor’s living conditions. In Great Britain, Poor Law Commissioner Edwin Chadwick, from the miasma school, began … sewer design for stopping the spread. One point had become especially clear: sanitation was key to creating a …

… the British military. Yet, they also inherited the English common law tradition of regulating arms. English statutes … security and linked bearing arms to civic duty. Despite its common invocation today by gun rights advocates as the … for the military, lawmakers asked military officers to compare the safety and effectiveness of firearms …

… such power and influence? He will if he can set aside future political ambitions, work behind the scenes, and become an extension of his president. Ryan’s power will be …

… "has nothing to do with slavery."  He proposes that it is a commemoration of South Carolinians who "stood up for their … Americans in Charleston also built a cemetery for Union soldiers who had died as prisoners of war, and they came by the thousands to …

… leaders from Métis artist Christi Belcourt to Anishinaabe comedian Ryan McMahon have pointed out that the past 150 … nations. Front and back of the Indian Chiefs Medal, commemorating Treaties 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Canada’s inability … country’s proximity to the United States has invited moral comparisons since its very inception: a peaceful …

… by killer chemicals unwittingly unleashed by the scientific community. “Future historians may well be amazed by our distorted sense … it posed to humans as well as wildlife was impossible to refute. Shortly before her death from breast cancer in 1964 at …

… Americans have hated political and economic bullies. "Free competition" has always been our rallying cry and the … their entrepreneurship survive in the face of ruthless competition? Free competition meant the opportunity for all Americans to build …

… votes for president. But he looked like a backwoods ruffian compared with the venerable John Quincy Adams. So elite … vice president. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …

… French Louisianians like myself no longer have much in common with our cousins in Paris. But in 1803, following the … the governor learned to loosen his collar a little, to compromise, to speak French, and to practice crafty … New Orleans family of Clarisse Duralde and went on to become the first democratically chosen leader of Louisiana. …

… of the sort espoused by Richard Rorty. The maneuver is a common one from the perspective of positivism. In The … monstrous infamy that is antisemitism. But it is useless, completely useless.” However, Lipstadt stops short of … option for a sitting President interested in defending the future functioning of the government. In the real world, …