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Jean-Marie Le Pen in 2006.

Far Right’s Electoral Success in France has Deep History

… most critical elections in decades. European and American commentators almost uniformly expressed shock at the … In recent decades the nation has continued to struggle to come to terms with its past through highly visible war … the twentieth century, and is a writer for the History News Service. …
Cover of The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin.

Taking it on the Chin

Review of The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman, by Margot Mifflin (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009)
… Yavapais sold them to the Mohaves a year later.  Mary Ann died of an unknown illness exacerbated by famine while with … Olive remade herself into a proper Victorian lady, complete with a child (the couple adopted) and a beautiful … activist.  Olive's story is fascinating; Mifflin combines an inherently intriguing story with good writing …
A photo of the Steamship Martha Washington in 1913.

Thinking Differently about “Think Different”

… Apple Computer, Inc. has opened an ambitious, brilliant … reads simply “Think different.” At the bottom is “www.apple.com.” Take a closer look at the ad, however, and you see, … of course, the sort of technology for which Apple has become famous. When Gandhi became the major figure in the …
Lyndon Johnson greets American troops in Vietnam 1966.

A Curtain Call for the Domino Theory?

… Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. If Vietnam fell to the Communists, they argued, so too would the rest of Asia. … and Russia. Afghanistan therefore demands a heavy American commitment, although the degree to which that commitment … Century (2009) and is a writer for the History News Service. …
Mary Mallon in a hospital bed in 1907.

Who Was Typhoid Mary?

… tested and found to be full of typhoid bacilli.  Mallon had committed no crime. She had been unaware of her carrier … public support for Mallon’s plight.  When a new health commissioner took office in 1910, he decided to release her … Island, where she lived in a cottage with only a dog for a companion until her death in 1938. In the interim, …
1992 portrait of General Wesley K. Clark.

Wesley Clark: In the Tradition of Generals Who Make Peace

… officers as presidential contenders. Generals who have become president (there were ten, six of them notable as … a hero of the Indian wars, professed selfless public service as the rationale for his candidacy, as did the … Confederacy’s surrender at Appomattox, he squelched his soldiers’ gloating, telling them that “the rebels are our …
Plumes of smoke billow from the World Trade Center towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, after a Boeing 767 hits each tower during the September 11 attacks.

Security May Be Too Expensive

… John Ashcroft asks for authority to hold non-citizens incommunicado indefinitely if the government regards them as a … in the United States. The Immigration and Naturalization Service is already detaining material witnesses … a specific phone number is obsolete in an age when people commonly  have multiple telephones and e-mail. He argues …
Bruce Lee

The Original Street Fighting Man

Review of Striking Distance: Bruce Lee and the Dawn of Martial Arts in America, by Charles Russo Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, 2016)
… arts. Beginning in 1954 at the age of thirteen Lee studied the Wing Chun style of kung fu in Hong Kong under … America, especially in San Francisco’s Chinatown. He does a service to the history of martial arts by providing capsule … after Lee challenged anyone who doubted his word to come to his studio in Oakland. Russo makes his case by …
Monica Lewinsky's official government ID photo from 1997.

Another Watergate?

… at the Democratic national headquarters at the Watergate complex in 1972. An abbreviated list of what came to be … in the 1963 assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem; exchanging government favors for campaign … against Clinton stick. People in the news media do a disservice to the public’s understanding of history when they …
Soldiers from 3rd Infantry Division provide perimeter security for Iraqi policemen at a traffic control point in Tikrit, Iraq.

The Limits of Shock and Awe

… as the war drags on and Americans and Iraqis continue to die. The term "shock and awe" is in keeping with a … Smith returned to England, proclaiming his mission accomplished; but the Virginia Indian wars lasted for decades. … and "Arming America," and is a writer for the History News Service. …
Whig cartoon showing the effects of unemployment on a family that has portraits of Democratic Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren on the wall.

The Bank Crisis Blame Game, Then and Now

… our mess won’t solve our own. The causes of any panic are complex. Who we choose to blame determines the solutions we … of these panics. Foreign investors, greedy speculators, complex financial instruments and soaring commodity prices … of New Hampshire and a writer for the History News Service. …
Lydia Vargo and Teamster with delivery wagon in Toledo, Ohio c. 1920.

The National Park Service Explores the History of Farm Labor in America

… flooding back as I read this week about the National Park Service's call for public input to identify sites associated … is collected, debated, and passed on.   Shortly before she died, I interviewed my monolingual Spanish-speaking … With a sense of betraying la causa, I carried out mom's command. My mother was equally adamant that I was not to …
Cover of All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals by David SchefferDavid S

Bringing Evil to Justice

Review of All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals, by David Scheffer (NJ: Princeton University Press, 2012)
… a test of how well the United States, and the international community could create institutions of governance after the … provided with a vigorous defense. Slobodan Milosevic died in a jail cell in The Hague. Meanwhile the Bush administration's hybrid "military commissions," while failing to meet the procedural norms of …
A map showing Israel and Palestine

Palestine and Israel: A Case of Incomplete Decolonization

… framework of decolonization struggles. Violence has accompanied decolonization whenever the goal of political … of a late twentieth-century drive of colonial peoples to become sovereign nation-states. Much of the fury behind the … the End of Empire" (1998) and a writer for the History News Service.  …
A foreclosure sign in front of a home

Avoiding Market Meltdowns

… reacted by pulling their money from banks and trust companies. The stock market lost nearly half its value. J.P. … obligations. Obviously, these senators are proposing remedies to win support for their presidential campaigns. They … culture and politics, and is a writer for the History News Service. …
Immigrant rights march for amnesty in downtown Los Angeles, California on May Day, 2006.

Make Residency, Not Just Working, Legal

… about immigrants for the past thirty years. Of course they come from a long line of immigrant restrictionists. FAIR … in this country while the Immigration and Naturalization Service estimates six to seven million. Restrictionists say … letter to the editor, but the restrictionists focus more commonly on the costs to the environment, social services …
Seen in 1986 with Ford Island in center. The USS Arizona Memorial is the small white dot on the left side above Ford Island.

Pearl Harbor Myth Poses Dangers

… to fight on until the enemy is utterly vanquished has become our shared myth. But its appeal is as dangerous as it … Harbor attack. Ira Chernus is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a writer for History News Service. …
Cartoon in Punch, 1906.

For Iraq, a Lesson from Africa

… own independence from tyranny. But before 9/11, astute commentators warned about grandiose calls for democracy to … the rule of law governs, and where with democracy will come responsibility for the political classes and the masses … the new leaders of those countries understand that their service in government is not simply an opportunity to enrich …
Valerie Plame in 2008.

A Dirty–and Deadly–Trick

… Office shenanigans. Presidents and their underlings have committed numerous immoral, illegal or dodgy acts. They’ve … stocks for supporting federal land giveaways to railroad companies in 1873. Warren G. Harding’s secretary of the … National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. …
Members of the Free Officers welcomed by crowds in Cairo in January 1953.

The Egyptian Middle Class Is Disgruntled. Again.

… a protester in his 30s told a correspondent that he had studied geology, but after graduating the only job that he … made it impossible for them to get married. Many others complained of low pay and underemployment. While the … A classic monopolistic economy emerged in which the large companies, protected by tariff walls, enjoyed a captive …
Three Young White Men and a Black Woman (1632) by Christiaen van Couwenbergh.

A Question of Power, Not Sex

… who belong to New Birth Baptist Church near Atlanta. Some commentators have condemned Bishop Eddie Long’s virulently anti-gay theology and political … activism and have called for a black church that is more welcoming and inclusive of gays and lesbians. Others have urged …
The Vengeance of Fulvia by Francisco Maura y Montaner, 1888 depicting Fulvia inspecting the severed head of Cicero.

Thinking of Dick Cheney as Cicero

… formally by a court or informally by a non-judicial “truth commission”? Or should he be applauded as a patriot?   Look … would attack, power would be seized and Catiline would become dictator.   Cicero, however, foiled the plot. By adroit … corners. It was a sign that traditional Roman politics was coming to an end when, a few years after the execution of …