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… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … new sound on the web, as we add our very first podcast recommendation into the mix. The Exploring Environmental …

… the standard and article by highlighting the importance of Communism, one key aspect of the Cold War, and also … had in the Vietnam War, trying to prevent the spread of Communism, and the damage done through bombings and Agent … in a group discussion. Students will have to understand the complexity of the Vietnam War through both sides and then …

… European fascists, who sought to organize the world into superior and inferior “racial states” to fight … back to the “gunboat diplomacy,” the use of force to accomplish diplomatic goals, associated with the major …

… of the intergalactic wars of the Star Trek TV series become as important as the Civil War. An example of how … follows the ratings marketplace can be seen in the commercial cable network, the History Channel, which liberal … historians. Yet it certainly reaches a much larger audience through a more powerful medium than scholars' books …

… sides their full due, we will be honoring only a bloodless, comforting reflection of the whole troubling man.  Most … and a legitimate target for nonviolent civil disobedience. That was why he was in Memphis in 1968, supporting … fiction. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer …

… west became (if ambivalently for some) the second former communist-bloc state to assume the rotating presidency of the European Union, Slovaks became the second former communist-bloc state to adopt the common European currency, … too much national sovereignty to the EU governing bodies. At the time of publication of this article (July …

… already been showing up in recent history. Millennials have come of age hearing they are the first generation in … as did the 1918 Spanish Flu and the even more deadly medieval Black Death . These diseases, including our current … acquisitiveness even tends to undercut these goals. Studies in the field of Positive Psychology point to the good …

… disease was ergotism: poisoning produced by exposure to the compounds found in a fungus that grows on wheat. In the … of ergot that would later be dubbed lysergic acid diethalyamide: LSD. It was not until five years later, … the post-war era that it began to feature in medical studies and reach popular consciousness as a drug of abuse. …

… of China’s greatest imperial dynasty was, like Mao, a commoner. As with many dynastic founders, it is difficult to … and “Madam Liu”). They were farmers, working the rice paddies that stretched out from the Yellow River northward over … Shi Huangdi, to sustain his rule. The famed terracotta soldiers at the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi, discovered by …

… the intellect with emotion and place. You can follow our common fight for independence and creating and keeping a … The family moved to the United States in 1923, and Eero studied architecture at Yale. In February 1948 Saarinen’s … An archipelago in the far northwestern corner of Lake Superior, Isle Royale seems remote, and it is, at least by …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring … broadcast by 36 primary public radio stations, serving 72 communities in 20 states and Washington, D.C.—and more than … episodes as specials." [description from  BackStory   website]   …

… of rape. For Buck’s foster family and the doctors who recommended sterilization, a pregnancy out of wedlock was one … mental defect.” Over Buck’s objections, the Court recommended that she be sterilized because, according to the … to disabled people’s right to make decisions about their bodies. It also contains the haunting revelation that Black …

… about immigrants for the past thirty years. Of course they come from a long line of immigrant restrictionists. FAIR … letter to the editor, but the restrictionists focus more commonly on the costs to the environment, social services … the Hmong, Eritreans, Somalis, Vietnamese and other newcomers as additional burdens on an overburdened American …

… 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 … so different from their specious label as to make such comparisons more efforts in panic than in reasoned analysis. …

… new runways in both major West Berlin airports just to accommodate the increased traffic from the large, heavy, … places like  Gaza and  Ukraine in 2023-2024, the West faces comparatively more dangerous and difficult situations.  … viewed as an exception rather than the standard by which to compare modern humanitarianism. It illustrates both the …

… sad watching a powerful political figure overstay his welcome. Helmut Kohl, German chancellor for sixteen years, has … Germany under Schrôder might do is of greater importance. A comparison of the chancellorships of Konrad Adenauer and Kohl may provide some clues. Two questions come to mind. Has Kohl left Germany able to manage its own …

… up from the nation's second job.     But Garner's pithy comment no longer describes the vice presidency.     The … overcame misgivings of close Ronald Reagan associates to become a valued presidential adviser and effective diplomat. … in winning the presidency while vice president, an accomplishment that had eluded Nixon and Humphrey and indeed …

… The Crimea that most people have come to know is a peninsula occupied by Russian forces, … Crimea to Russia, as the ancient site where, according to medieval Russian documents, Prince Vladimir “the Baptist” … the modern nursing profession while serving British soldiers. 6. The Russian Riviera The Hotel Rossiia was the most …

… bingo games in the town of Jasper to providing for the compensation of the Judge of Probate in Barbour County. As a …