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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 …

… 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 …

… "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 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? …

… Every holiday season, at least for the last 70 years or so, the red and green plant that most … troubled start to  Mexican-U.S. relations . The date itself was chosen to commemorate the 1851 death of Joel Roberts … interests because of its close ties to British business. When this rising opposition had some political successes, …

… After 40 years, 2nd Lt. William Calley is back in the news. For many years now the young lieutenant convicted … him a “classic scapegoat.” The occasion of the editorial was a speech this past August that Calley gave at a Kiwanis … is true. If you are asking why I did not stand up to them when I was given the orders, I will have to say that I was a …

… Only twice in world history have we seen the use of atomic weapons—the bombs dropped by the United … Japan at the end of World War II . On August 6, 2015, I was in Hiroshima for the anniversary of the bombing and was … left on their bodies. Several cried out for water, though when she fetched one man a cup of water, he died soon after …

… 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 …