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… United States long after the present crisis with Iraq has passed. At no point in the long run-up to a possible strike … The Founding Fathers balanced the power of the president as commander-in-chief with that of Congress, the people’s … nurtured an imperial presidency in which Congress became less and less involved, and less and less informed about the …

… women, who saved the church that nurtured him and composed the movement whose spokesman he became. King was … grandson of its owner, the Reverend A.D. Williams, the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, just up the street. The … as a "maids' church," Ebenezer still held its major Sunday service after the women of the congregation had finished …

… secretary Robert Gates — to review the War on Terror's combat decoration recipients and upgrade some to the Medal … "Purge of 1917," which stripped 911 Medals of Honor from past recipients, the DOD established policies requiring … and direct eyewitness testimony. Only 178 Distinguished Service Crosses out of more than 13,000 issued since 1917 …

… Historical analogies, comparing something in the present with what appears to be its counterpart in the past, are not created equal. Some are better — or at least … College in Virginia and is a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …

… morality be in this year's election? Judging from the past, not very. The moral character of the candidates has … were more righteous, their argument goes, we would elect less sinful candidates. Unfortunately for this argument, … University of Notre Dame and a writer for the History News Service. [The Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, …

… isn't cruel? The answer is no. We should draw a lesson from past failures to invent an ideal form of execution. The … procedure — is counter-productive. It's impossible to completely humanize an execution. There's always suffering … at Amherst and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… It seems as if apologies are becoming a regular part of business and politics. Pope John … not be paying compensation to the Christian dissidents butchered by the Inquisition, the British government will not … English writer Leslie Poles Hartley once observed that "the past is a foreign country: they do things differently …

… opportunity to attack Israel and destroy Jewish religious sites. For 19 years after Israel became a state in 1948 the … flaw in the Saudi proposal. No political or territorial compromise on the part of Israel, including diplomatic … Georgia in Carrollton and a writer for the History News Service. …

… This years Veterans Day comes in the wake of fierce political campaigning over which … flags, the firing of twenty-one guns, and the solemn march past the all-too-appropriately named Tomb of the Unknowns at … day’s tenor is not much different from that of Memorial Day services in May, a tradition established in the 1860s, to …

… season brings a new round of presidential analogies and comparisons. Two years into his presidency, Barack Obama has … office–at over 300 pounds–Taft presented a small, almost passive persona in contrast with his larger-than-life … academic retirement at Yale Law School, returning to public service in 1921 as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, …

… history. Moreover, the charge went, this crime against the past was being committed by leftist academics out of touch with their … in Washington, D.C., was co-founder of the History News Service. He is most recently the editor of A Century of … History News Service …

… Ever since Watergate, campaign finance reformers have come to expect great legislative victories in the wake of … causes public outrage and legislatures appease voters by passing reform laws.  This pattern can be seen as far back … historian in Washington, D.C., writes for the History News Service. …

… Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan has provoked comparisons with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. Like … maintained the federal Economy Act, which limited civil service positions to one per family. By January 1934, only … his jobs programs, Obama can certainly learn from the past. By its end in 1943, eight million men and women — one …

… know, however, how poorly it has been treated over the past two centuries. Since 1776, the Declaration has been … was brilliant, but the process nearly destroyed the text. Compounding the damage was the decision in 1841 to put the … next 43 years it was bleached by the sunlight and became less and less readable with each passing year. What could be …

… agency executives. In the 1920s, ad agency researchers noted with some satisfaction that many Americans … ignorant of both current and historical events.  In one past survey, a large number of high school students … of the intergalactic wars of the Star Trek TV series become as important as the Civil War. An example of how …

… in the fight and where to use federal government powers. A common myth about wartime is that everyone bands together in a common cause. Yet in the past, U.S. wars have often opened debates around recurring … of South Florida and is a writer for the History News Service. …

… world, the more necessary a knowledge of foreign nations becomes. Yet Congress is trying to handicap that endeavor by encouraging scholars to place service to the state above intellectual independence. … a perceived lack of scholarly patriotism, has unanimously passed an act, HR3077, to bring one group of experts, those …

… who belong to New Birth Baptist Church near Atlanta. Some commentators have condemned Bishop Eddie Long’s virulently … church that is more welcoming and inclusive of gays and lesbians. Others have urged ministers to lead more stringent … been fully explored by historians, although they have been passed down in oral histories and traditions.   Scholars of …

… tax credit for children to the nation’s 6.5 million low-income families, and has buried the measure in another round … the poor such as Riley are pushing against the same obstacles that 18th-century opponents of slavery confronted: … the living wage. More than a hundred jurisdictions have passed living wage ordinances for employees. But the level …

… been the first Thanksgiving, right? Wrong again. Some El Paso, Texas, citizens claim that the first Thanksgiving … Thanksgiving.” For 136 years, Thanksgiving has been a day commemorated across America. It gives us a moment to recall … coming together, once again, of family and good friends; to cherish the blessings of life. We can also be thankful that …

… be decided under the Sherman Antitrust Act, which Congress passed 111 years ago in an attempt to curb excessive … industrial power in the Railroad Age. Like so many complex cases decided under that statute, this one will take … University of Michigan and a writer for the History News Service. …

… Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of plutonium, visited Richland, Washington, and the adjacent Hanford Nuclear … accidents at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania (1979); Chernobyl, Ukraine (1986); and Fukushima, Japan (2011) … woman's sign in the foreground. Despite the numbers and the passion in the “no-nukes” movement, polling evidence …

… between present-day immigration and the flood of newcomers who came in the past. ProjectUSA’s website is emphatic on this point. Making this distinction is … History News Service …