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… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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, …

… 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 …

… "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 …

… 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 …

… 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 January 20, 1986, the United States observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day for the first time. Yet the meaning of the moment was unsettled.  In Atlanta , the city of King’s birth, … sustained momentum for a federal holiday during a decade when congressional action remained elusive. Black elected …

… 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 … Colombia: On the Brink of Peace with the FARC? …

… Neil Armstrong stands by the Lunar Module "Eagle" during the first walk on the moon … 1972. Anti-Vietnam protesters on the National Mall in Washington D.C., 1967. Those who were alive in the summer of 1969 recall where they were and how they felt when humankind became truly cosmopolitan. However, as we …