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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 …

Rick Santorum and Fundamentalist Catholicism

President Barack Obama signed the ARRA into law on February 17, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden stood directly behind him.

A New New Deal Must Be For All

Cover of Caesar A Life in Western Culture by Maria Wyke.

A Man for All Seasons

Review of Caesar: A Life in Western Culture, by Maria Wyke (Chicago 2008)

A Marine Corps M1 Abrams tank patrols a Baghdad street after its fall in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Who Will Pay for Iraq and When?

… The Bush administration has raised the ceiling on the national debt from $5.95 trillion in 2001 to $9.62 trillion …

H.G. Wells’s novel, War of the Worlds, described hissing, tentacled, tripodal invaders from Mars.

Orson Welles’s “War of the Worlds” Radio Broadcast

France at the Barricades, 1934

… were members of far-right political organizations and nationalist veteran groups—many of whom advocated for more …

The Dark Side of “Faith-Based Initiatives”

… authority in the last four decades. From the family to the national level, patterns of cultural authority once taken …

The “Wall of Separation” Has Preserved Religion — Including Mormonism

Living Up to Jackie Robinson

… success for nine more years, leading the Dodgers to several National League pennants and a World Series championship in …

A black and white photo of Barry Goldwater in 1962.

Rick Perry, Social Security, and the Ghost of Barry Goldwater

… with “many millions of voters—particularly the elderly and union voters” convinced that Goldwater was a “foe of the …

Hurricane Sandy Should Inspire New Ways of Building and Living on the Seashore

Bill Gates — Another Rockefeller or Another Ford?

Tradition vs Charisma: The Sunni-Shi'i Divide in the Muslim World

Black Woodstock: The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival

… Simone performed the rueful “Backlash Blues,” her affirming anthem “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black,” and a version of …

Kagan, Obama, and Roberts before her investiture ceremony, October 1, 2010.

How Empathy Makes Superior Judges – and Justice

… saw the decision as lawless. And imagine the national embarrassment America would have been spared in …

The Works Progress Administration employed some Spanish-Americans from New Mexico, as seen here, to work in road gangs.

When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America

Review of When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America , by Ira Katznelson (W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2005), preface, appendix, index, 238 pp.

… the natural direction of worker reform. Positioning the National Labor Relations Act (1935) and the Fair Labor …

What Bill Ford Is Learning from Great-Grandpa

… an easy – if misguided – target as being simply anti-union. By contrast, Bill has recognized labor’s critical …

Antichristus, a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder: the pope depicted as the Antichrist, using his temporal power to grant authority to a generously contributing ruler.

The Bible as a Political Tool

… Abolitionist crusade against slavery, which inspired the Union’s forces during the Civil War, drew upon the Hebrew …

President Clinton and President-Elect Bush in December 2000.

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