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… as a jingoistic celebration of the flag. Perhaps the most compelling stories Eller tells come in the political and … Soon after, Thanksgiving and Memorial Day would gain official recognition . The Benevolent and Protective Order … a free glass of Coca-Cola, circa 1888, is believed to be one of the first coupons. Eller writes that Coca-Cola's …

… years ago this Christmas eve, American and British officials signed the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of … ignored the bicentennial of the War itself, and will not commemorate its end either, and it is worth asking why. The … and their nation. The aftermath of the Treaty of Ghent was one of those moments. Having to rebuild the Capitol and …

… Vickers, the man responsible for security at the House of Commons, with taking down the gunman. Commentators not … in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned; but the General Assembly may pass laws to prevent … War (1899-1902) in South Africa, which saw Canada’s first official dispatch of troops to an overseas war, and then the …

… United States. The press, the government, and the medical community claim, often and loudly, that these numbers augur … its related expenses. Neither of these conclusions was foregone; both were expedient answers to social and political … plan. In his proposal, the unemployed would receive money from a central pool funded by employee and employer …

… needed to be examined more closely or nullified and redone. Indeed, the historical record is full of cases in which … devoted to contested elections. When elections were questioned, common sense, rather than adherence to technicality, …

… of America's use of atomic weapons were not disillusioned 1960s radicals but figures from the conservative … The claim of "military necessity," he argued, rang hollow. Official justifications would "never erase from our minds … Hiroshima, the personal pilot of General Douglas MacArthur, commander of Allied forces in the Pacific, recorded in his …

… Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which freed corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money on election campaigns, greatly compromises the … before the law, a democratic ideal as old as the Greeks and one that suffered a major blow in the Citizens United …

… Thanks for being on the show Professor Conklin and welcome.   Dr. Alice Conklin   Thank you for having me.   … involved with the collaborationist Vichy regime, which is one of France's great shames during World War II. Both … a minimum of security.   Patrick Potyondy   Then you mentioned The Vichy regime in your answer and I'm wondering, what …

… Within fifteen years, Enron executives transformed their company from a middling firm into the seventh-largest … who ran those companies–the executives and their pals–big money for their services. They were following a familiar … stock and collected dividends without investing their own money. One hundred fifty years later, savings and loan …

… Jews have been observing Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, every year at this season for two and a half … All of those meanings are now reflected in the Jewish community’s ambivalent view of the Middle East conflict. … if Jews confess that they, as well as Palestinians, have done wrong and must atone, it could mark a major step toward …

… of World War I, there was little public notice, let alone public discussion, of the new weapons systems. Only … which plan to test the next generation of bombs on computers rather than under the ground. But who’s paying … plan. They shout it out in glossy brochures and slick websites, hoping to get a bigger piece of the budgetary pie. …

… Prince Volodymyr of Kyiv was baptized by the Greeks at Chersonesus in Crimea before returning to his capital to baptize … expanded west in the late 18 th century, a major element of official rhetoric and practice was the reconstitution of … in the Ukrainian Republic . By 1992, there were three competing Orthodox churches in Ukraine: the UOC-MP, a new …

… increasingly think it’s time for major steps, not baby ones, to improve relations. That means, end the embargo. So … the Cold War was at its peak, and the Soviet Union had become Cuba’s patron, pouring billions annually into its … is nil. Even in his heyday he never ignited a successful one outside Cuba. But in 1996 he handed U.S. hardliners a …

… and Washington, the news media are now brimming with comparisons of alcohol to marijuana prohibition and “lessons … the idea that possession and use of intoxicating drinks in one’s home was a constitutionally guaranteed personal … of profound uncertainty about the drug’s effects. For one thing, legislators accepted the reasoning that marijuana …

… the Oscar-winning 2021 documentary  Summer of Soul .  The official trailer for Summer of Soul (2021).   As that film … Black people could not gather without violence, a cornerstone of “law and order” rhetoric that bolstered “ War on … Mongo Santamaría and Style in Harlem.   1969 was a complex moment. Even as the festival affirmed the victories …

… from the Internet. Once again, the Internet has become the target of law makers who seek a simple remedy for … blaming the Internet for terrorist bomb making is that no one has ever sufficiently demonstrated that the Web is any … to set up bomb-making schools from New York to St. Louis. One of their members, a liquor salesman who went by the …

… Bedlam: Upstairs in the Crazy House  [PDF] Many Solitudes, One Canada  [PDF] Unity In Diversity: The Attraction of the …   [PDF] Manhood on Trial: Homosexuality, Conduct Unbecoming, and the Military   [PDF] The State of the World … Republic (revised 2023) [PDF] Spending Other People's Money: Debt, Deficit and Canada's Public Sector [PDF] …

… claim being made lately about the ever-advancing Computer Age. After all, cyber-data is easier to store, … natural resources than printed material. Consider that one slender CD-ROM can hold as much information as hundreds … had to be set by hand, and a typical press printed only one page at a time. Books were so expensive that few people …

… united in a struggle for civil and political rights, they comprise various tribal affiliations and speak different … “peacock people” due to Melek Taus, the “Peacock Angel,” one of the central figures in their faith. While … their own district by Baku with its center at Lachin. Officially known as the Kurdistan Uezd (“Red Kurdistan” or …

… giant leap forward for their cause. Both activists and news commentators have compared this ruling to Brown v. Board of … is this a valid comparison? The Brown ruling of 1954 was one of the truly great Supreme Court decisions of the last … which gives gay couples who wish to have their relationship officially recognized the same legal rights as married …

… a past that suggests ways to deal with the current mess.   One hundred years ago the corrupt marketing of an Illinois … the honor. By the 19th century’s end, the U.S. Senate had become widely known, as it still is today, as a “millionaires … In the worst case, Delaware went for three terms with only one senator and from 1901 to 1908 without any at all.   An …

… in the footsteps of Apollo 11 before the flights halted. No one has been back since. The success of Apollo and … and the United States. Difficult as it is for anyone under 30 to believe, the early 1960s saw the United … economic system. Apollo was also a stunning technological accomplishment. NASA moved in eight years from launching a man …

… the terrorist attack seems too much to bear. Professional commentators, and current and former government officials agree with citizens in the street: Military force … control. In 1914, a terrorist murdered the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then fled to nearby …

… to the Geneva Conventions on war, the French government nonetheless insisted that these conventions weren’t … These French units exploited the unclear lines of their own command authority to act somewhat independently of the rest … the time between being rounded up as a suspect and officially documented as a prisoner was particularly …