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… “Life begins at conception.” “Abortion is murder.” Such is the basic pro-life argument against abortion, and it’s an … Supreme Court’s decision in that case to legalize abortion was a hideous mistake. In their view, the Court created a … and raped by a local king. According to the legend, when Kieran discovered that the nun was pregnant, “he made …

… The Bush administration has increased pressure on Congress … asked for such a carte blanche — in 1964. The president was Lyndon Johnson. He got what became known as the Gulf of … were hoping for a quick capitulation by the North. When that did not occur, Johnson repeatedly escalated …

… Osama bin Laden has fired another rhetorical shot across America’s bow. His latest tape, … on threats. It’s worth remembering that the Cold War was won over the course of decades, not years. Like Stalin … but radical Islam will continue to pose a threat even when bin Laden goes, as the Soviet Union did after Stalin …

… on terrorists and expressed his determination to smoke out the villains responsible for the terrible assaults of Sept. … results envisioned by some of the gung-ho strategists in Washington. Consider what happened in the past under what … by surprise, even though they might have known better. When President Lyndon B. Johnson escalated America’s combat …

… With his recent decision to launch Operation Odyssey Dawn, the code name for the air strikes against Libya's Moammar … has shown in his book "The Limits of Airpower," Johnson was never quite sure what those air assaults should or could … and no-fly zones have sometimes achieved their goals when those goals were clear, specific, and attainable.  But …

… weekend, as hundreds march to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, the most evident colors may very well be red, white and … Day marches took place in colonial New York City, it was in the mid-19th century that the parade as we know it … but it's important to recognize how far we have come.   So when this weekend's St. Patrick's Day parades pay tribute to …

… Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearings are underway in the Senate Judiciary Committee, a rite of passage for … by Congress to expand its power.   While Madison’s proposal was not accepted, the council of revision debates reveal why … jeopardize a judge’s ability to evaluate an issue fairly when it was brought before his court.   The Constitution …

… Pandemic influenza has recently been in the air, both literally and figuratively. Almost exactly as … held a press conference in Geneva to announce that it was upgrading the recent outbreak of H1N1 influenza, more … consequences: the possibility that Woodrow Wilson was ill when attempting to negotiate the treaty of Versailles, the …

… In the early 1960s, the English economist, Joan Robinson, … lecturing to a U.S. audience on the British welfare state, was asked to comment on the American “welfare state.” … present in the New Deal years, and after World War II when both parties forged a consensus around fighting the …

… David Abulafia’s The Boundless Sea  is not, strictly speaking, a history of … Ming dynasty, were highly desired trade items. Scandinavia was also central to global trade networks at this time, with … makes the importance of a region’s trading prowess clear when explaining that the Portuguese Empire emerged from a …

… Somewhere in the Davis Mountains of the vast Texas Trans-Pecos is a … McLaren and his followers are a little misguided. Texas was annexed in 1846 — under unusual circumstances, to be … and a special convention. The votes were not even close. When put to the citizens of Texas for ratification, the …

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… This past summer the American public awoke to the spectacle of thousands of … get papers [e.g. legal status/work rights] in the North. It was not true. Our children are our future. Let’s protect … it’s more akin to a traffic ticket than arrest for assault. When discussing the issue of immigration, it is worth …

… Today is the 26th anniversary of the horrific conclusion of the worst … One of America’s most notorious penitentiaries, Attica was a powder keg of the cumulative frustrations of the … would not consider. Negotiations reached an impasse when Rockefeller insisted that “law and order,” the …

… Woodrow Wilson that, for all its many positive qualities, was ultimately a disappointment. Like the vast majority of programs in the "American Experience" … earlier, stating, "There was no credit to come in when I came in. The whole nation had awakened." Yet on …

… December 11, 2018, marked the one hundredth birthday of Alexander Isayevich … whose husband had died in a hunting accident while she was pregnant, Solzhenitsyn would achieve worldwide fame as … during World War II, and in the aftermath of the war, when trainloads of Soviet soldiers were sent directly from …

… how to hunt wolves. She can skin a moose. She lives way up there on America’s last frontier. So, we might think, here’s … and Orange County in the U.S. Congress. Add to the list Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire from the busy … map. The turning point was actually a decade earlier, when census numbers showed that the level of urbanization in …

… For a majority of Americans, the "legitimacy" of George W. Bush's election to the … of that contested election, in which Rutherford B. Hayes was ultimately declared the winner over Samuel J. Tilden. … be given access to the ballots for independent assessment when their findings, perhaps a year down the road, may cast …

… Since the beginning of 2015, more than one million people have … a meager selection of donated toiletries: shampoo and body wash, laundry detergent, disposable razors. Everything was … Samir told us, they'd been in Greece for over a month. When we asked what they did all day, Hisham shrugged and …

… The United Nations declared 2019 to be the International … law. Early in 1869, Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev was in a predicament many people are familiar with—he was … available chemistry textbooks in Russian were translations) when he developed his periodic law.  Perhaps most important, …

… The familiar, yet superficial history of rock and roll … if largely forgotten, creators of rock and roll was born - Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Tharpe was born Rosetta … and even of sexuality. Tharpe’s career was cut short when she died of complications from diabetes in 1973, at the …

… has recirculated his five-year-old Middle East peace plan. The Prince first floated this proposal to President George … been the British territory of Palestine. The Arab response was to attack the fledgling Jewish state and for Egypt and … Israel received a barrage of kamikaze-style bombings. When extrapolated over a population of seven million, those …

… John Dos Passos met the Spaniard Jose Robles in 1916 during his first venture to … lose both friends during the Spanish Civil War. Robles was murdered at the beginning of the war, and that tragedy … turns on his search for creative salvation through women. When these relationships ultimately fail him, he becomes the …

… think that all peace agreements lead to an end to violence. They don’t. As the recent killings in Northern Ireland … what had been British colonial Palestine. The Arab response was to attack the fledgling Jewish state. Egypt and Jordan … most densely populated cities, Ashkelon and Ashdod. When extrapolated over a population of seven million, those …