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… Federal Judge John E. Jones III’s December 20th verdict in Kitzmiller v. Dover that … Supporters of Intelligent Design do not do science as it’s done today: designing experiments, collecting data, and … and natural theology was a debate within the scientific community of the day. Within the modern scientific …

… not discrete organizations, but frequently interacted and competed, sharing players and locations, effectively … for the 1946-7 Cuban League season was only three quarters completed. With the end of the Second World War, and the … States, beginning a search for the appropriate player, one who was skilled, yet also patient, and willing to avoid …

… story, the myth relegates that city’s more interesting, complicated history to the margins. Ian Worthington’s latest … beginning of Macedonian hegemony after the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE, through the wars of the successors to … Mithridates against Rome. As Worthington writes, “no one could accuse the Athenians of ignoring any opportunity, …

… Matilda, daughter of Henry I, who fought Stephen for the throne. They now portray her as a skilled political strategist … figure in Anglo-Norman society, admired by both nobles and commoners for his wealth, charm, and decisiveness.  Stephen … Milestones …

… and the technology of the information age meant that comments made anywhere are now instantly transmitted … debates in every election since 1976 (except one) increased the visibility of vice-presidential … will wish to present himself as a person who would put someone of modest credentials a heartbeat from the Oval Office …

… to his actions while forming the Turkish Republic. One ideologue Hanioglu looks at is Colmar von der Goltz, a … leaders must be looked for among the occupants of thrones" (34). Goltz also envisioned Germany as an ethnic based nation-state, a model …

… 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 … they cannot succeed. An imperial power, if there is one, must make the critical decisions to curb the ambitions …

… attack was the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Putin’s phone call and promise to support the United States in … and Moscow are increasingly frayed, and Russia has become a determined foe of the American Middle East agenda. … Russians are unlikely to recoup even a fraction of that money. The same story in Iran: because of the long-standing …

… course of action in Iraq was a waste – a waste of money, effort, time and political capital. The difficulties … the Arab officials of Iraq’s British-backed King Feisal “incompetent.” He noted the gross over-expenditure of monies in … “Altogether, I am getting to the end of my resources.” One only needs to turn on the news to realize that the …

… gains in the fall elections. Shredded documents, a stonewalling White House and congressional subpoenas may … public interest. Neither did Whitewater in the 1990s. Commentators can’t decide whether Americans are too … victims, disgruntled workers called strikes and threw stones in cities from Albany to Zanesville. Speculation and …

… seats. In the light of this record, the Democrats have done remarkably well this year. This raises the all-important … It has happened twice before in this century, and the comparisons are instructive for the current situation. In … loss by a party controlling the presidency for more than one term has always prefigured that party’s loss of the …

… criticized Social Security but later backed away from his comments after his Republican opponents and the press jumped all over him. Perry now finds … Goldwater’s perceived opposition to Social Security was one of the keys to Johnson’s victory. According to Benham, …

… which stand to make hundreds of millions in fees and commissions, and anti-welfare state conservative ideologues, … income, Social Security in the United States has long functioned as a supplementary “safety net.” It is designed to … people Social Security is their only pension. They are the ones who need relief from sharp increases in the 1980s and …

… a year ago and his inauguration in January is long gone. He’s rolled the dice on an ambitious but treacherous … For on the horizon in the late 1970s was Ronald Reagan. One of the most transformative figures — for good or for ill … They have shown no inclination toward the kind of compromise that characterized President Reagan on issues …

… The Cubans of Miami? Well, if you want to hold someone responsible, then look to the Haitians. In 1994,  the … fair to most Americans. After all, Fidel Castro was a Communist dictator. The United States had to open its doors … political issue taking months to resolve.   And we have no one but the Haitians to thank for this controversy. Their …

… but at the time it seemed like a relatively minor threat in comparison with established groups like Hamas and Hizballah. … several buildings in the camp and killed six men, none of them al Qaeda leaders. Many of the missiles exploded … Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford and New York: Oxford University …

… a narrative worthy of the hype. Even if she had not committed and been tried for murder, Laura Fair would have … again, this time to an abusive partner whom she abandoned and later divorced. After her divorce, Laura decided to … did know right from wrong? A tricky question and one that Laura Fair’s trials did not answer.. The trials of …

… Cheney told a Dayton, Ohio, gathering on Aug. 12 that none of America’s victories in war can be attributed to “being sensitive.” To support his point, he summoned some of the heavy guns of America’s wartime leadership: … one of the most sensitive and successful coalition commanders of all time. Cheney forgets that Ike diverted …

… Historical analogies, comparing something in the present with what appears to be … equal. Some are better — or at least more useful when it comes to seeking guidance from history — than others. A case … will probably be necessary for the chief executive to make one or more difficult, even crucial foreign-policy …

… Hebdo a suscité une recherche profonde pour découvrir comment les hommes armés sont venus à être si irrités par … avec des conséquences mortelles leur colère envers des comiques dont le travail a été jugé blasphématoire ou opposé … que d’autres travailleurs des médias en dehors des zones de combat pour se retrouver dans le collimateur des …

… inaccurate, always misapplied metaphor that unnecessarily complicates our thinking surrounding religion and politics.  … freedom, many justices have adopted the wall metaphor – erroneously — as the only way to understand the First … to erect a wall of separation between church and state, one that must always be kept "high and impregnable."  …

… policy debate on Oct. 22, nuclear weapons are sure to come up, especially Iran’s ambitions for the bomb. But the … George W. Bush did not support it either.   The opponents of the CTBT insist that nuclear testing is needed to … has more in common with Reagan than his Republican opponents do.   Recent science offers a new take on whether …