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History of Sixth-Year Elections Bodes Well for Democrats

The “Unimaginable” Has, in Fact, Often Been Imagined

Copy of an 1890 lithograph depicting the Battle of New Orleans during the Revolutionary War.

A New Resource in the War Against Terrorism?

… how “war has been privatized.” Al Qaeda functions as a multinational corporation, with subsidiaries in more than fifty … as an honorable and effective way to provide for the national defense. Privately owned vessels, not ships of the …

The White House lit in green light for St. Patrick's Day.

9/11 and 3/17: Closer Than You Think

… found ways to weave ever more disparate groups into their national fabric. Surely we have a long way to go in pursuing …

Jefferson High School Marching Colonials perform on the steps of National Archives Building on Constitution Day, September 17, 1974.

Let’s Do Something Constitutional on Constitution Day

… powers exclusively in the hands of the president. The national rumor mill is full of stories that President Bush …

George W. Bush and Indian Land Claims

… Oneida Indians by a group calling itself the “United States National Freedom Fighters.” Gov. Bush could have lent his …

An artistic rendering of the observable universe by Pablo Carlos Budassi. It depicts the Solar System at the center, surrounded by other celestial bodies and galaxies, and cosmic microwave radiation and plasma left over from the Big Bang at the outer edge.

Top Ten Origins: The Universe’s Greatest Hits

… First—And Only—Victory A diagram illustrating antimatter. (National Institute of Standards and Technology/emiT Team) …

Understanding the Middle East

… NATO, and also has been trying to be a member of European Union as a secular democracy. On the other hand, it is a … see that I will see Egypt as a birthplace of not only Arab nationalism, but also political Islam in its modern sense, … Diplomacy/International Relations …

a woman at a witch trial. she is wearing white and has her arms up in air with lightening bolts coming out of them. A judge, lawyer and an audience of people look on.

What was Wrong with the Judges at the Salem Witch Trials?

Ghosts of Mississippi Haunt Pickering’s Nomination

Inflation — Fighting the Last War

Gingrich and Romney: Right and Wrong on Space Travel

… radical reduction of the cost to reach orbit must become a national priority. Several promising technologies, such as …

penguin standing on sand at a beach with a plant and ocean behind it

Early Encounters with Penguins

… Spheniscidae. The LOC World Bird List provides an international standard in which all 18 species of penguins are … them. For most of history they were not objects of international exchange and the peoples who lived near them had … big mass slaughter of penguins that starts to attract international outrage by the late mid- to late-1800s. As whaling …

The film Poster for Captain Phillips (2013)

Contested Waters: Captain Phillips and the Hijacking of the Maersk Alabama

… In 2009, according to the International Maritime Commission, the waters off the … action-filled hijacking reveals the peculiarities of international maritime and insurance law. For two anxious days … order. The American captain argues that he is in international waters, and he questions Mare’s claim to be a …

Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt, by Charles R. Geisst Philadelphia By Spencer Tyce Book Cover.

Natural Laws and Predatory Lending for 3000 Years

Review of Beggar Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt, by Charles R. Geisst Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013

Hessian troops surrendering to General George Washington after the Battle of Trenton.

The Return of the Mercenary

Cover of Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm by Harold James.

Blood and Steel

Review of Krupp: A History of the Legendary German Firm, by Harold James (Princeton University Press, 2012)

… as an entrepreneur…enhancing his reputation not just nationally but internationally." 5 By his death in 1887, Alfred had taken his …

Cover of Catholic Pirates and Greek Merchants: A Maritime History of the Early Modern Mediterranean by Molly Greene.

Pirates, Pirates Everywhere but Not Enough of Them in This Book

Review of Catholic Pirates and Greek Merchants, by Molly Greene (Princeton University Press 2010)

Napoleon, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, and King Frederick William III and Queen Louise of Prussia in Tilsit.

The Global Reach of the Napoleonic Wars

Review of The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History, by Alexander Mikaberidze (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020)

… the groundwork for the eventual unification of Germany . Nationalism, spread both by and in reaction to the French, … Global/Transnational … Diplomacy/International Relations …