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… scandal. Frustrated by a few unrepentant prelates, Keating compared their conspiratorial behavior to that of the Mafia. … instead of safeguarding their flock. Just when it seemed that the papacy had lost its moral authority, Pope … was corruption in the clergy. What distressed Catherine most was the moral cowardice of leaders too weak or too …

… on major developments.   While promising to keep Thieu informed, Nixon and Kissinger deliberately left him in the dark … shown the agreement, he felt presented with a fait accompli and refused to consent.   Believing that he had been …

… is likely to run again. So relevant "experience" is hard to come by.This presidential season, everybody is talking about … then abandoning, the Hungarian revolution against communism in 1956, failing to stop Joe McCarthy's … hero who was an effective president was Andrew Jackson, and most of his accomplishments were negative and highly …

… is a noble idea in theory, but it fails in practice. The doomed reform package is just the latest example of that … Fathers designed it to have, while working against true compromise. That’s bad not just for Democrats, but for … power in hotly contested elections, while the economy mostly prospered.   Similarly, during the 1980s, a strong …

… nation must choose between alternative ways of life, “communist or free,” Truman declared. Truman shook off fears … When the war ended in 1953, President Eisenhower proclaimed that the United States had won because it had stopped … federal powers and military budgets. A cold war may unite most Americans around a seemingly clear but open-ended, …

… the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The comparison is appropriate. In both cases an attack without … as “a new day that will live in infamy.” Forgotten in the comparisons to December 7, 1941, is the date of an earlier … By making Osama bin Laden Villain Number One, the U.S. media may merely enhance his reputation among alienated …

… it fireworks? When I saw a man running for his life, I immediately knew the answer. "COME IN!" someone was yelling. I need not have been told; … Portugal in 1822, it remained an imperial monarchy for almost 7 decades and held on to slavery longer than any other …

… and nuts on their menu in that fall of 1621. They drank mostly beer, wine and whiskies — all safer than the local … Thanksgiving.” For 136 years, Thanksgiving has been a day commemorated across America. It gives us a moment to recall … inhale the heady aromas of our new harvests; to relish the coming together, once again, of family and good friends; to …

… Cheney also misrepresents Gen. Eisenhower, one of the most sensitive and successful coalition commanders of all time. Cheney forgets that Ike diverted … “insensitive.” But did this make him effective? MacArthur almost lost the Korean War by his insensitive decision to …

… draft exemption for college students. At the time, family income was the largest single determinant of who attended … the rich from danger while drafting poor men to send into combat. Accurate or not, the widespread perception of … that many people received this summer — to corporations mostly unaffected by recent events. It also accelerates …

… the mercurial personality of General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the U.S. and Filipino forces. Overconfident … Death March. (Photo from National Guard) The troops immediately went on half rations; by the end of the fighting … later they were on quarter rations. (Troops in intensive combat require 3,500 calories per day. U.S. and Filipino …

… of waterways serves as a metaphor for the subcontinent’s complicated post-colonial coming of age. Favoring academic … capacity. Keay points out that India enjoyed certain immediate advantages over Pakistan, including geographic … political actions with their lives: Mujibur Rahman and most of his family were assassinated during a military coup; …

… years after World War II, not a single U.S. soldier died in combat either in Germany or in Japan — in sharp contrast to the nearly 600 U.S. combat deaths in Iraq since the end of “major combat … justice lay on the side of the victors. After their defeat, most German and Japanese citizens understood that the …

… Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan has provoked comparisons with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. Like … Women make up 46 percent of the labor force, and they're almost as likely as men to be the principal supporters of … pay them at commensurate levels.   Integrating work performed primarily by women into the recovery package and …

… Food supplies were devastated, and recovery would not come easily. The American Relief Administration, led by … to the Cincinnati Enquirer, an Invisible Guest club was formed with a fee of $10 to save the life of a child until the … produces food shortages and hunger. The basis of life that most of us take for granted disappears when the shooting …

… with his nutty words: the way the Bush administration has compromised American foreign policy and jeopardized world … deploying ballistic missiles to Cuba, U.S. naval forces steamed out to sea, intercepted Soviet submarines and maintained … in 1962 when the Soviets agreed to dismantle weapons sites in Cuba. Given Kennedy's brinksmanship, however, …

… What they perceived as lack of toughness was really premeditated collusion with the dictators to fight communism elsewhere. Had they carefully examined the … Union. Ironically, in today’s world, it is those who are most willing to attempt to understand and to compromise with …

… least some of the blame can go to the now-disgraced energy company, Enron, and its misuse of long-held American … images of the financial slight of hand that ruined the company in 2001. But before that point, both Ken Lay and … monopoly electric utilities,” an Enron Business article claimed, “had exerted so much influence” that they had …

… divine mission. Even before he became president he proclaimed that “our nation is chosen by God and commissioned by history to be a model to the world.” This … little interest in allies at a time he needs them most. According to Bob Woodward, the author of “Bush at …

… the holiday or diminished it by linking it to Confederate commemorations.  Federal recognition had finally arrived, … to her husband’s ideas. From the late 1960s onward, she framed the holiday as a way to keep King’s work alive rather … War, and demanded structural change.  The version of King most likely to secure a federal holiday was the one the …

… the need for savings versus the need for resources for the common good.  For many of today's issues — such as Internet … that amount.   For years, Republicans have loudly proclaimed their desire to abolish the "death tax," their name for … should not be wholly confiscated.   But, again like today, most people held views in between.  By the 1770s, because of …

… confirmation hearings are underway in the Senate Judiciary Committee, a rite of passage for Supreme Court nominees. … Harlan Fiske Stone. Before then, nominees were often confirmed quickly, as quickly as the same day in the case of … assurances in the Federalist Papers that only the most highly qualified individuals would serve as federal …