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… it as a jingoistic celebration of the flag. Perhaps the most compelling stories Eller tells come in the political and holiday tradition sections of the …

… Native Americans visited colonial cities from New Orleans to Montreal, Boston, … in between. Historians have traditionally focused on the outcomes of “the chiefs now in this city,” namely, treaties. … best. Whereas tribal delegations punctuated the calendar of most colonial towns, “other Indian people,” Calloway reminds …

… So the Israeli rift spills over into Jewish life here. Most U.S. Jews find the Orthodox too intolerant, too alien … Surely they know that nothing brings people together like a common enemy. But in the United States, the "rally round the …

… financial titans who amassed riches while pushing their companies and the American economy over the cliff. But will … positive words that suggest that greed, as Gordon Gekko claimed in Oliver Stone’s film, “Wall Street,” is “good.”   In … to attain it. Acquiring a fortune remains only a dream for most, but the dream affects their judgments about people who …

… When Newt Gingrich proclaimed that the United States should establish a base on the … — have orbited the earth since 1961. Space travel cannot become cheap until the age of rocketry is replaced by an age … environment of space.    Rockets cost so much because most of their weight is fuel. Usually 1 percent or less of …

… Ruffin, a transplant to South Carolina from Virginia, claimed to have fired the first shot on Fort Sumter, thus … himself in the head after the South lost the war.   The most beloved South Carolina politician of the more recent … standard-bearer for South Carolina. Among his many accomplishments, Thurmond holds the record for conducting the …

… all. Last week the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a controversial 2002 ruling that public schools can't … pledge, the reaction to last week's news has been muted. Almost everyone, it appears, expects the Supreme Court to … evangelical Rev. Billy Graham rose to celebrity denouncing communism as a "satanic religion," while Secretary of State …

… and Tasers. Unbeknownst to the officers, a bystander filmed the beating and gave the tape to a local news station. … evidence of the LAPD’s excessive use of force and confirmed complaints of police brutality made by black and Latino … combined with the history of police shootings and brutality—most notably the 1979 police killing of thirty-nine-year-old …

… starting to remake Maxwell Motors into his future Big Three company. In 1922, there was one registered passenger car or … of a car (or two) in every driveway.   From Keystone Cops comedies to contemporary movie chases to sophisticated art, … Babbitt treasured his car: “To George F. Babbitt, as to most prosperous citizens of Zenith, his motor car was poetry …

… everyone thought Roosevelt was up to the task. Political commentator Walter Lippmann called him “a kind of amiable … for defense, then for war , the economic crisis vanished almost overnight. William Gropper's mural 'Construction of a … process. In his reelection campaign of 1936, he proclaimed of the business community, “Never before in all our …

… Every commentator in America is drawing the parallel between the … within the intelligence community such as Ames and Hanssen. Most Americans are familiar with the security lapses prior … from Bosnia, the Middle East and South Asia. Gen. Boyd summed up the reality we face on September 12, 2001: “Those who …

… of the Congo (DRC). The lesson is simple and yet has been almost universally ignored by American politicians and … gunpoint, and civil servants refused to carry out even the most rudimentary aspects of their jobs without demanding … own independence from tyranny. But before 9/11, astute commentators warned about grandiose calls for democracy to …

… on the planet) than climate change . Yet, despite an almost unprecedented scientific consensus on the issue, there … Change over Geologic Time The massive eruptions that formed the Deccan Traps about 66 million years ago altered … gasses drove rapid changes in global climate. Faster computers and better climate models have improved forecasts …

… our own purposes as well. Zombie Alice at 2014 New York ComicCon. Cosplaying is one way people have taken ownership … something new and meaningful to them. Image by Rich S.  In most stories for children leading up to 1865, the point of … corners of our eye, and, along with Alice, we are transformed. …

… and the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) may have had little immediate importance for Americans and Europeans but it … remain the same. By the end of the war, Japan would lose most of its post-1868 empire, including Korea and Taiwan . The Chinese Communist Party would be reborn and re-legitimized through …

… and state corrupted both institutions. The state risked becoming subject to religious controversies that would … a personal relationship with God. Making the state an intermediary would destroy that close relationship. As … led to disestablishment. In Massachusetts, for example, the most conservative Congregational ministers sought to …

… the American people that the federal courts would not become oppressive, the framers of the Constitution argued that … Supreme Court consideration. John Marshall, who would become chief justice and do more than anyone to make the … avoid a constitutional confrontation with Congress. The most explicit exercise of such congressional authority was …

… going to receive international approval for its quest to become an independent nation. While many inside Kosovo and out … on the province’s future by the end of 2006, and will almost certainly recommend steps toward independence. It now … states’ sovereignty and territorial integrity under almost all circumstances; intervening to stop genocide is one …

… Delaware Senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell's recent comment–wondering whether “separation of church and state” … O'Donnell even more. It's true, of course, as many commentators have pointed out, that the words "separation," …

… International Airport. Originating from a truck that had rammed through the marines’ perimeter, the detonation struck … to achieve stability in the Middle East in the face of complex, multi-faceted challenges. With atrocities now … reform to reflect this reality. Several Maronite leaders, most notably Pierre Gemayel, formed militias to protect the …