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… War will begin. The failed launch buys the United States some much needed time to revise its strategy for coping with … But in the Second Cold War, the United States will face incomprehensible foes that cannot be counted on to respond as … 2007 launch would have particular historical resonance, coming 50 years after the Soviet Union sent up the world's …

… survey of the given tradition’s popular history, identifies some of the myths surrounding it, and debunks them. He … as a jingoistic celebration of the flag. Perhaps the most compelling stories Eller tells come in the political and holiday tradition sections of the …

… mates of even young and vigorous presidents should be completely qualified to take over all presidential duties in … melanomas, McCain has persevered. Certainly he has worked extraordinarily hard as a U.S. senator, hailed by his … life show the effects of the accelerated aging process that come with a presidency fraught with trials — like the one …

… public conversation. This month, we’re introducing you to some new sound on the web, as we add our very first podcast recommendation into the mix. The Exploring Environmental …

… War on WOSU's All Sides with Ann Fisher . "By its end, some thirty-six thousand five hundred American troops died …

… of Kansas, are seeking to ease pesticide regulations; some are even questioning the Environmental Protection … by killer chemicals unwittingly unleashed by the scientific community. “Future historians may well be amazed by our … New Yorker serialized “Silent Spring,” a California reader complained to the magazine’s editor that “Miss Rachel …

… conservatives invoke the name of Ronald Reagan as someone who truly represented core conservative ideals. … McCain, they charge, has betrayed the Reaganite faith by compromising these very ideals.For months Republican … doubt his conservative credentials. Hard-line conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh claims to want a Democrat as …

… 2007 marked the bicentennial of an extraordinary event. In that year, the British Parliament … slave trade. While the anniversary passed without too much comment in the United States, it was commemorated widely in Britain. Out of that cultural moment …

… a "totalitarian ideology" menacing people everywhere. This comparison between Islamic radicalism and fascism, which some commentators on the Right have trumpeted ever since 9/11, is …

… Within only twenty-one days’ time, an enemy army of some 400,000 men dissipated in the face of an invasion force … with a willful misleading of the public, and a war that committed a democratic nation’s armed forces to a … emotionally satisfying, but it oversimplifies a much more complicated picture. All three branches of the U.S. …

… anger. In Hong Kong in June of that unforgettable year, on some days the number of marchers approached a million … a lengthy analysis in July 1989 explaining how the “anti-communist forces” of the capitalist world, led by the U.S. … prophetic. One after another, most of the world’s Communist governments collapsed, in an eerie reversal of the …

…  -  "Providing an up-to-date synthesis of the history of an extraordinary nation--one that has been shrouded in myths, … seeks both to understand these myths and to uncover the complicated and often contradictory realities that underpin …

… since that decade; others remain stubbornly the same. Some gay men and lesbians during the Sixties accepted the … were torn as to how to gain acceptance from the straight community. Today’s emphases on gay pride and being openly … were nonexistent. Activists emphasized instead the commonalities between themselves and heterosexuals, …

… natives of the New World.   Las Casas ( above ) rose to become one of the most influential thinkers of his day. He … all captives of war as potential slaves, yet there were some provisos. Theologians and philosophers in the School of … which allowed non-Catholics to convert instead of becoming slaves. Despite these legal caveats, Spanish …

… children. What is different today is the often fatal outcomes of children's brutality towards one another, owing to the widespread availability of guns: Someone under 19 is killed every two hours by gunfire. It is … when one looks at gun deaths in the United States compared with other industrialized nations, that has …

… George Bush has begun his campaign by talking about "compassionate conservatism." After securing the nomination, … right-wing Republican leadership in Congress, following, some media pundits suggest, the Clinton precedent of 1992. … both parties represent the same conservative consensus and compete with each other over patronage and personality. …

… forming a military junta, then violently eliminating any competition before fighting the other members of the junta. His triumph in this power struggle ended the competitive politics of Republican Rome and ushered in the … and intrigue, we recall Augustus fondly for reigning over some of the most famous writers in history, a wealthy and …

… This lesson plan focuses on comparing the spread of information due to both railroads … article “What the Internet Will Bring Us.” This article comes from 1999, prior to the internet’s mass spread. It gives the point of view of someone who had yet to see how much of an influence the …

… of the South Slavs (revised 2023)  [PDF] Tragedy in Somalia: Clans, Colonizers, Superpowers, and the Cult of …   [PDF] Manhood on Trial: Homosexuality, Conduct Unbecoming, and the Military   [PDF] The State of the World … View pdf. ]   Towards a Charter of Responsibilities  [PDF] Come Firewalk With me  [PDF] Racism, Hate and Free Speech: …

… other offenses go largely unreported in mainstream media. Some would argue that to focus on barbaric killings obscures … hands in public, embracing at an airport, or from being comfortable in workplaces where heterosexual family photos … signals of same-gender love. This culture has a deep and complicated history as the Freemasons engraving and poem …