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… whether the United States should send troops to Europe and commit itself to acting in concert with NATO allies.  … the world. But they wanted America to be free to act alone. They feared that alliances would  become entangling and … than the Democrats, in the Taftite spirit. But there is one crucial difference. In Taft's day, the NATO allies had …

… This is the notion that a leader can out maneuver his opponents by convincing them he might just be unstable enough … that I may start some action is a constant check on the Communists,” Rhee told Nixon. Nixon thought so highly of … Nixon aide Leonard Garment gave a similar message to Soviet officials in Moscow, telling them Nixon could be “a …

… The perfect companion to nearly any summer activity is a good book. And, … was the disaster more devastating and longer-lasting than officials acknowledged (and not limited to the Chernobyl “exclusion zone”), she also charges that the damage of low-dose exposure …

… Americans and white working-class Americans are likely to come out in large numbers in support of an independent … of opportunities, the unlikely duo may just have created one of the most promising opportunities for a new populism … have increased by 55 percent in the last two years alone — from 14.8 percent in 1998 to 23 percent in 1999. The …

… forming a military junta, then violently eliminating any competition before fighting the other members of the junta. … had become the sole Roman ruler). Instead he made a show of officially giving all of his powers back to the people of … by his cunning, as if he became a monarch with hardly anyone noticing. But, while we have little record of what …

… insisted that there can be no limits to the power of the commander-in-chief in time of war. More recently the … has produced a devilish conundrum. President Bush has given Commander-in-Chief Bush unlimited wartime authority. But the … Madison defined tyranny as the concentration of powers in one branch of the government. "The great security against a …

… trade, encouraging the development of the European common market and paying the lion’s share for NATO, the … supporting right-wing dictatorships in the name of halting communism, but also saw the United States as a defender of … formed an alliance that halted German expansion. While no one would compare President Bush literally to Kaiser …

… about immigrants for the past thirty years. Of course they come from a long line of immigrant restrictionists. FAIR … were immigrants, too. In the middle of the 19th century, one reaction was nativism. To oversimplify, nativism is a … letter to the editor, but the restrictionists focus more commonly on the costs to the environment, social services …

… begins to fade, there’s a race among critics to find a compelling Rasputin or a group of gray eminences pulling the … and ideas.   Is she possibly the real power behind the throne?   First ladies have had tremendous influence over the … or disfavor of a strong-willed first lady — especially one well trusted by the president — can be critical in this …

… 1960, shortly after Fidel Castro took power. They have done nothing to soften Cuba's anti-American stance, and they … to Iran in 2007. Switzerland's Swiss EGL energy trading company recently completed a forty-two billion dollar … recently announced. The president's recent and likely last official trip to Europe may prove to be nothing more than …

… UN weapons inspectors be given months or even a year to complete further investigations in that country, President … overall approval rating had dropped 10 points in just one month, and 44% disapproved of his overall management of … Street investors overcame their jitters and sent the Dow Jones surging 159 points for the day.  These developments are …

… language distinct from Greater Russia. In Belarus, Russian officials looked for a way to “Russify” many of the Poles in … Vladimir Putin poses for the cameras as he tours historical sites in newly-annexed Crimea. Putin asserted that … and truly non-Russian populations dwelled . Readers might come away with the impression that the Russian Empire and …

… that followed the earthquake wiping out its business and commercial districts. Still the scope of the two disasters … army and navy units quickly offered their services to city officials to organize both relief and recovery efforts.   … sometime in the next fifty years California will be revisited by an event similar to the 1906 quake or the flooding …

… memorandum provides a very rare glimpse of what someone in the administration is actually thinking. He wants a … or at least contain the Viet Cong but could not rally non-Communist South Vietnamese behind it, prompting the United … his current Shiite political base and build him a whole new one. The United States might “use our own political capital …

… craft carried not people but supplies; 20 carried water alone. In subsequent days, other supplies would follow: food, … in continents far removed from the conflict because of the compelling demand that war creates for forest and … Boeing Plant 2, and hundreds of other military-industrial sites spewed the noxious pollutants that would eventually …

… Baker as co-chair, Carter will lead a national bipartisan commission on election reform. His prestige and experience … a channel to let former presidents perform useful service. One option is to make these men honorary members of the U.S. … band of brothers with a mutual respect that they and they alone can fully appreciate. They want to be useful, alone and …

… woman has held that position.   But Julian Castro did not become mayor on his own. He attributes his rise to the Chicano … activists held their own reunion in El Paso, Texas, to commemorate the 1972 national convention held in that city … student recording what these historic folks had to say. One of the women who spoke at the 1989 gathering was Rosie …

… Gregory VII chastised Henry IV’s association with excommunicated advisers and his appointment of three Italian … a step further, denying Henry his kingship, absolving everyone of their oaths to the king, and forbidding anyone to serve Henry as king.  The ramifications of Gregory’s …

… of the Heaven’s Gate suicides now blame everything from comets to cults to cyberspace to the dead themselves — the … riverboat crook who left passengers penniless and disillusioned because he lured them with false hope and specious … to the Almighty to mangle the enemy, and later lampooned the naivete of “mind cure” practitioners from Mary …

… 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 …

… was destroyed, dangerous, and barely supported life, let alone theater. They traveled through a war zone to a small … cavorted with dancing girls. Finally, the figure of comic writer Ostap Vyshnia was depicted hunting a line of … Avant-Garde of the 1910s and 1920s (Rodovid, 2015). Website: “Open Kurbas” created by Tetiana Rudenko and the team …

… 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, …