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Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts: How Neo-Nazis and Ancient Greeks Met in Charlottesville

… years now, those of us who study the ancient world have become progressively aware that American Neo-Nazis, white … Evropa to the prominent display of the Parthenon on the website of the Neo-Nazi forum Stormfront, classical texts and … the “ dumpster summer of racism ” confined to classics alone as medieval historians , too, found themselves …
An official portrait of Vice President Dick Cheney taken in 2005

Cheney: Silent Partner to the President

… conceived.” Under Cheney, the vice presidency has become an extension of the presidency itself. Adams was not alone in his views of the vice presidency. Many of the 45 men … between a president and his vice president as close as this one. It’s a relationship based in large part on respect, …
Demonstrators in steadily falling snow outside of the Wisconsin Capitol building.

Wisconsin: A History of Leading the Nation for Better or Worse

… power and with pampering their members at the cost of the common good. Union leaders, however, have offered to make … take hold next year.   It seems that Wisconsin will lead in one way or the other in this epic battle.  Either Gov. … Wisconsin scrambled to regain its reputation as a pioneer in democratic reforms, becoming in 1959 the first …
Cover of A Short History of Celebrity by Fred Inglis.

A Short History of Celebrity

Review of A Short History of Celebrity, by Fred Inglis (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010)
… Anyone unfortunate enough to have watched more than a modest … London, city displaced court as the preferred site of the social scene, while new money engendered a … of intense familiarity with distance.  This is the "compound" that makes the celebrity sacred in modern society: …
President Clinton and President-Elect Bush in December 2000.

Leadership and the New Bush Administration

… otherwise, is a dynamic process that revolves around three complex elements — the leader, the followers and the … or in this case the next president, is a predictable, one-dimensional figure, acting in a vacuum. But a leader's … they do appear to be fixated on the second major component of the leadership process: the followers. Political …
Ali, left, walking through the streets of Kinshasa in 1974.

The Rumble in the Jungle

… the Democratic Republic of the Congo), it had been one of the most brutally exploited European colonial … a fan experience or as a payday for the promoters. It functioned as spectacle to promote the real business, which lay in … knocked out an exhausted Foreman with a series of powerful combination punches. George Foreman vs Muhammad Ali, October …
The Vengeance of Fulvia by Francisco Maura y Montaner, 1888 depicting Fulvia inspecting the severed head of Cicero.

Thinking of Dick Cheney as Cicero

… Everybody agrees that some prisoners held at Guantanamo received a certain amount of rough … formally by a court or informally by a non-judicial “truth commission”? Or should he be applauded as a patriot?   Look … to seize power.   Catiline hoped to do what Sulla had done before him and Caesar would do after, that is, make …
The Education of Little Tree by Forest Carter book cover.

Fake Autobiographies: A Great American Tradition

… as fakes should make readers ask why these cliches are so compelling in the first place. Autobiographies, with their … he considered essential for self-improvement. More than anyone else, Franklin introduced readers to believe that they, … thrill of reading this kind of autobiography is to see how one individual took the raw material of his or her life and …
University of Notre Dame's administration building.

The Catholic Voter in the Twentieth Century

… George W. Bush, after his address at anti-Catholic Bob Jones University, had to explain his decision to speak there … held value in America — the right to worship freely.   One source of Catholic activism in the past two months was … economic recovery. Catholics in 2000 are economically comfortable, and will probably not care about George Bush's …
A map showing China and the United States

Another Cold War? China This Time?

… Buchanan, oppose normal trade relations with China. About one-third of the House of Representatives, which votes … who were then fighting the founders of today’s communist government, a deployment almost unknown to … during the Korean War, when American troops came within a stone’s throw of Chinese territory, an estimated 260,000 …
World War II poster of American, British, Chinese, and Russian soldiers shaking hands.

Patrick Buchanan’s Forebears

… he could have destroyed the Soviet Union. For Buchanan, Communism, with its rejection of free enterprise and foreign … United States should ignore European conflicts altogether. One of these influential isolationists was Martin Dies, the … its six previous years of supporting Hitler as an opponent of Communism. Britain ignored his destruction of …
Cover of Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present by Christopher I. Beckwith.

Between the East and the West

Review of Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present, by Christopher I. Beckwith (Princeton University Press 2009)
… separated peoples with the "Central Eurasian Cultural Complex." The crucial element of the Complex is the ruler … modernity, such as health and communication technologies. One also wishes he had outlined a more realistic vision for … is to be thanked for his fresh look at world history, and one can only hope that it will indeed attract more interest …
John Kerry addressing reporters in 2015.

What’s a Convention For, Any More?

… the current primary system has maximized the role of money and momentum. This year, conventions were almost completely removed from the selection of a nominee. For all … exist for restoring excitement to the convention. One idea was to have Kerry allow the delegates to this …
Israeli soldiers stand around their tanks during the Yom Kippur War.

The Yom Kippur War and the OPEC Oil Embargo

… Israel had emerged as a critical player in the Middle East, one that the United States could rely on for support. … heavily on Soviet support for arms and many Arab nations welcomed Soviet aid. Nixon and National Security Adviser Henry … percent. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Omar Saqqaf, visited America and warned the Nixon administration that an …
Engraving of Robespierre.

The New Species of Terrorism

… With the horrific assault of Sept. 11, “terrorism” has become the new American watchword and scourge. Yet as George … W. Bush declares a “war on terrorism,” neither he nor anyone else has defined what terrorism is or where it comes … popular revolution. Magnified by bombings such as the one at Chicago’s Haymarket in 1886, these killings created …
American soldier conducting patrol with an Iraqi soldier.

What the Vietnam War Tells Us About Iraq

… military occupation whose motives are being seriously questioned, just as were the motives for the Vietnam War. Then, … have encountered a nagging insurgency, reminiscent of the one that pulled us ever deeper into Vietnam’s civil war. … attempted the same kind of program in Vietnam. It failed completely. The second measure calls for an Iraqi government …
The statue of Saddam Hussein topples in Baghdad's Firdos Square on April 9, 2003.

Breaking the Trust: Relation Tensions Between Iraq and the US

Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
American Government
War & Peace
… with Christian missionaries following the arrival of oil companies in the early 20th century. The article continues … and Iraqi governments. For this lesson, students will complete a document-based question activity in small groups. … will participate in a Take a Stand where students stand on one half of the room or the other to indicate their …
Laura Bush May 18, 2008.

The Legacy of a Lady

… scholars to know something of the work that Laura Bush had done as First Lady. This impressive list of projects encompasses domestic causes from historic preservation to … of “ladyhood” is effacement, always putting others before one’s self, whether that means not taking the last cookie or …
typewriter

The Legacy of a Lady

… scholars to know something of the work that Laura Bush had done as First Lady. This impressive list of projects encompasses domestic causes from historic preservation to … of “ladyhood” is effacement, always putting others before one’s self, whether that means not taking the last cookie or …
Clarence Thomas

Top Ten Origins: Controversial SCOTUS Nominees

… John Marshall’s seat, he was able at long last to overcome the strong objection of the Whigs during his third, and … African Americans were U.S. citizens, and thus has gone down in historical ignominy. 3. Justice Lucius Quintus … the 1964 Civil Rights Act, gender equality, and the One Person, One Vote standard. The Senate responded to …
Destruction in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake.

Another Pearl Harbor? Not by a Longshot

… Still, some have tried. The most irresistible historical comparison is to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on … the control of mere mortals. They wept and prayed, but no one seriously questioned the nation’s overall security. In terms of shock value, …