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… talking about rebuilding and restoring, wholly ignoring the fact that coasts have always been the most changeable of … homo littoralis — that is, people of the seashore.   There was once a time when the traces of disaster lingered longer in the form of …

… of a republic," Congress must reassert its control of the war power under Article II, Section 8, of the U.S. … to Congress the sole right to declare war.  The occasion was the debate over the American military intervention in … Polk ordered American troops into the disputed territory.  When the inevitable clash occurred, Polk told Congress that …

… February 3, 2020 was supposed to be a busy news night. It was the evening of the Iowa caucuses, the first chance for … a shared culture and identity for the British people. When it comes to news, Americans seem unable to agree on …

… In 1978, Amadou-Mahtar M’Bow, the Senegalese director of UNESCO, called upon the global … in the Global North to share collections. Ironically, it was the shortcomings of a UNESCO convention that brought … much less agreement exists about other cases, such as when objects were purchased or given. Many sculptors, for …

… On the surface, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 seem as dissimilar as two … the start Soviet officials pushed forward the idea that it was a foreign virus. By the end of 1987, there were fifteen … of the official response in casting blame on foreigners. When Soviets did turn their attention to their fellow …

… Blum and John H. Matsui argue that Americans living through the Civil War era and its immediate aftermath made sense of … The first addresses how the biblical story of Satan’s fall was grafted onto the issues of slavery and southern … with the wartime experiences of individual combatants. When confronted with the visceral nature of warfare soldiers …

… after only one year. His signature health care initiative was stalled; his inner circle had begun to show indiscipline … Vladimir Putin to Benjamin Netanyahu were suggesting that the pensive, cautious, thoughtful Obama was just plain weak, … other hand, is playing for keeps, taking his time (except when he senses that the moment is ripe for a win), content …

… candidate Christine O'Donnell's recent comment–wondering whether “separation of church and state” is “in the First … “separation between Church & State” in an 1802 letter was actually a narrowly focused explanation of the … and senators used the broader word "religion," and when discussing the issue of “free exercise” of religion …

… this month, American voters chose Dwight D. Eisenhower as their next president. Though few realized it at the time, … that too much spending would break the national bank. It was better to assume that the Cold War might go on … Cheney explained: “There’s not going to be an end date when we’re going to say, ‘There, it’s all over with.'” In …

… Gen. Wesley K. Clark’s entry into the Democratic presidential contest has delighted voters … plow after victory had been secured. In his own day, George Washington was explicitly likened to that Roman general: … retired to Mount Vernon, then answered the call once more when the new nation needed a president. Largely because of …

… Every election year is a good time to remind each other that you do not discuss religion, sex, or politics in … in our religious debates: foundations vs. walls. George Washington believed that religion needed to be the … conflicts were not simply hold-overs from an earlier time when religious differences were at the heart of so much …

… Yet even among hot button topics in American public life there is something perverse about the dynamics of the debate … the Second Amendment and only emerged in the 19th century when individual states began passing the first gun control … it, reminding their opponents that the Second Amendment was about an obligation citizens owed to their government …

… of Frank Keating to put on my dashboard. Until recently, the former Oklahoma governor was chairman of a panel of lay Roman Catholics appointed by … own interests instead of safeguarding their flock. Just when it seemed that the papacy had lost its moral authority, …

… Abraham Lincoln, The Great Emancipator, has been much on our minds recently … rationales that justified slavery.   For Lincoln, this was a political principle and a moral imperative. He was … This is what he meant in his address at Gettysburg in 1863 when he promised that the war would bring “a new birth of …

… whatever chance he had to become president on August 28, the day he invited Sarah Palin to be his running mate. In … did not choose able running mates simply because that was the responsible thing to do. They recognized that … as a test of their values and decision-making ability.   When both presidential candidates choose well, the vice …

… that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a grave threat to the Middle East. But even a resolution to the Iranian … and trust. A key step for the Americans and Soviets was the 1986 Stockholm Conference, which sought to reduce … President Reagan stated the policy — “trust but verify” — when the Soviets and Americans agreed to eliminate their …

… If the Senate passes the Matthew Shepard Act — known also as … orientation may finally approach an end. The legislation was stalled for years in Congress, but with Democrats now in … look’d as clean  As if they ne’re up A–se had been;  For when we use ‘em, we take care  To wash ‘em well, and give …

… Prost ! This year marks the 500-year anniversary of a decree that became the famed … . Today, beer drinkers like to point out that the decree was innocent of knowledge of yeast and fermentation—revealed … to apply to West Germany, but not to breweries in the socialist East during the forty years that the Democratic …

… In the early morning of 17 October 1945, workers in the federal … on. The workers were there to stay until their demand was achieved: the release from military custody of … Buenos Aires was built in 1927, as the headquarters for the Socialist Party of Argentina (left) . In 1953 it was …

… In the 50 years since they first went on display, Andy Warhol’s … 9, 1962 in the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, California. It was his first solo exhibition. The show was largely … Warhol himself once described Pop Art as “liking things.” When asked why he painted soup cans, he replied, “I used to …

… "To inspire Western youth to organize on the basis of identity, with pride in their heritage and … its European heritage.    For the American founders, it was not our roots in Western Europe or the legacy of western …   Similarly, John Laurance of New York declared that when a newcomer brings "money, or other property" he …

… On Oct. 11, the Norwegians awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize to former … promoting peace and human rights. A one-term president who was defeated by Ronald Reagan in 1980, partly because of the … presents a different case. It is no coincidence that he won when the Bush administration was pushing the United Nations …

… On Inauguration Day, January 20, the classified papers of  former President George H. W. Bush … and until recently headed the Center for Democracy in Washington. The nomination suggested to many that the White … one, the president must show cause. Bush did not do that when he moved to replace Carlin with Weinstein. This …

… On June 23, 2016, while most of the world was awaiting the outcome of the Brexit vote, … April 1948 engulf a trolley car in Bolívar Square. Third, when La Violencia led to the Rojas coup in 1953, the …