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The Battle of Culloden by David Morier

Top Ten Origins: Scotland and the United Kingdom

… it remains a part of the United Kingdom or separates to become an independent state.  As the prospect of an … united under a single political state: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Until recently, the UK … and political protection against significant English pressure, the colony was located on the Isthmus of Panama, near …
First house built with a loan from the Federal Housing Administration after World War II.

Reforming a Welfare State

… a U.S. audience on the British welfare state, was asked to comment on the American “welfare state.” Explaining that the … to more regressive payroll deductions and complicated sales taxes, or combinations of these, all “welfare state” … War. A social security style system of “national health insurance,” proposed by President Truman in 1948, was …
Pearl Harbor Attack

War Can Threaten Civil Liberties at Home

… the war in 1917, the German language was prohibited in some communities, and Americans even resorted to the absurd expedient of renaming hamburger “Salisbury steak” and … power to detain immigrants suspected of crimes, with new rules allowing legal immigrants to be detained indefinitely in …
painting - the War of 1812

The Legacy of the War of 1812 Is With Us Still

… one thing, it was a misbegotten war. Lacking today’s fast communications, Washington didn’t learn until after the … in early 1815, might also have been avoided with faster communications. The battle took place two weeks after … in its history: It was now free to spread westward, unmolested. That, however, proved a mixed blessing. A new …
An image of the castle in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando.

Banning Harry Potter

… is a familiar foe of American education and peaks during cycles of political and cultural conservatism. “Censorship … boyish rascals, have occasionally been accused of absurd transgressions. In 1885, literary elites thought “The … too crude for refined readers. Twenty years later, critics complained that the characters were poor role models. By the …
President Gerald Ford in 1975.

The Forgotten Virtues of Gerald Ford

… Iraq war, Democrats’ anger over the 2000 election and the resurgence of cultural issues have all fomented passions and … the divisions among Americans. Gerald Ford did the opposite when he became president after the Watergate scandal. … he appeared before a joint session of Congress and pledged “communication, conciliation, compromise, and cooperation” …
Cover of Catholic Pirates and Greek Merchants: A Maritime History of the Early Modern Mediterranean by Molly Greene.

Pirates, Pirates Everywhere but Not Enough of Them in This Book

Review of Catholic Pirates and Greek Merchants, by Molly Greene (Princeton University Press 2010)
… Pirates seem to have suddenly become popular in early modern history. Recently,  titles such as The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard, David … to be brought gently back into the fold. Such a policy was surely strengthened by the very real possibility that any …
Pope Francis smiling from inside a car as he leaves the White House in 2015.

Embracing the Pope–Selectively

… Protestants. Evangelical-Catholic relations have come a long way over the last generation, but for all their … affirming what these two branches of Christendom hold in common. And in the best-selling Christian novel, “Left … to embrace John Paul II’s legacy fully anytime in the near future. To do so would force them to rethink their politics, …
PPI Drug Testing by Cambodia, PPI Network, CC BY 2.0, Flickr

Pro Sports Can Run, But They Can’t Hide

… The chair of the House Government Reform Committee, Tom Davis, House Democrat Henry Waxman and Senate … scandal during which a Columbia University teacher, Charles Van Doren, admitted that he had been handed questions in … with doped-up players, athletes and owners should not be so surprised when Congress comes knocking at their door. Julian …
A dry ice bomb mid-explosion.

It’s Not How to Make a Bomb That’s the Problem, But Why

… recent bombings in London, Britain’s home secretary, Charles Clarke, rushed to announce plans for sweeping new … from the Internet. Once again, the Internet has become the target of law makers who seek a simple remedy for … the violent, or they have been subjected to the intense pressure of surveillance to the point of giving up secret …
Views of the White Tower in Thessaloniki, Greece.

A Postcard from Thessaloniki, Greece

… Its image illustrates postcards, coffee mugs and magnets commemorating this relaxed, yet urbane port on the Aegean … Tower as it was just before the First Balkan War. It is surrounded by signs of urban prosperity, cobbled streets, … their hospitality much appreciated. [All photos by author unless noted] …
From left to right, Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2001.

Attorneys General Who Cry Wolf

… of immigrants were rounded up on vague suspicion of communist or anarchist sympathies. Ashcroft and his aides … in the process. Scattered across the lawn with bits of flesh were several pamphlets titled “Plain Words”: “There … Nov. 9, Ashcroft commented, “When terrorism threatens our future, we cannot afford to live in the past.” Ashcroft, for …
Martin Luther King Jr. Day March at Southern Arkansas University.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: A Holiday the Nation Resisted

… the holiday or diminished it by linking it to Confederate commemorations.  Federal recognition had finally arrived, … of the kind of democracy King envisioned. Building Pressure from the Ground Up As Congress stalled, the movement … had narrowed Reagan’s options. Signing the holiday bill was less an endorsement of King’s life and legacy than a …
The Trials of Laura Fair by Carole Haber Book Cover.

A Woman Scorned?

Review of The Trials of Laura Fair: Sex, Murder, and Insanity in the Victorian West, by Carole Haber (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013)
… with words like “sex,” “murder,” and “insanity” in their titles promise a level of excitement and intrigue which their … a narrative worthy of the hype. Even if she had not committed and been tried for murder, Laura Fair would have … very public extramarital affair for years without social censure. Powerless or not, Fair was able to reinvent herself …

'The World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis': Understanding the Darfur Conflict

… called it "genocide." The violence and destruction is often compared to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. These tragic events … and sedentary farmers, caused in part by environmental pressures and changing land ownership patterns, was an important … the Sudanese President. A ruling is expected in the near future. It is unclear what will happen if an arrest warrant …

The United States, China, and the Money Question

… in Beijing, China. In most recent presidential election cycles, candidates take shots at the People’s Republic of China … rights issues, others Chinese foreign policy, but the most common rhetorical barbs tie back to trade and currency. This … known as the “Crime of 1873” for, its critics claimed, surreptitiously putting the United States on the gold …

We Won’t Shut up and Dribble: A Short History of Black Athletic Protest

… hunted EVERYDAY/EVERYTIME we step foot outside the comfort of our homes! Can't even go for a damn jog man! Like … women's basketball coach Dawn Staley tweeted, "More senselessness. Video is heartbreaking. How many more mothers will … the title in 1915. W.E.B. Du Bois recognized the hypocrisy surrounding Johnson. "We have yet to hear," he observed, …
2009 Tour de France winner, Alberto Contador, wearing the yellow jersey on June 26, 2009.

The Tour de France and the Yellow Jersey

… cyclists might wear the yellow jersey during the three-week competition, only one will ultimately win it. Cover of the … non-French—with descriptions of historical events, cultural sites, French agricultural products, and natural wonders to … countryside and cities. This script highlights the treasures of France: inspiring pride amongst the French and …
Cover of The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany by Susannah Heschel.

God for Nazis

Review of The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany , by Susannah Heschel (Princeton University Press, 2008)
… Nazi anti Semitism and racial ideology required one to overcome a number of intellectual hurdles. How could one accept Nazi claims of Jewish inferiority … managed to do quite well for themselves. They managed to survive the denazification process in Germany and were …
Lawrence Halprin

Lawrence Halprin and Two Modern Spaces

… outside of Haifa, then Palestine , working on a kibbutz (a communal farm). When Halprin returned to the U.S. he trained … people lived with the modern landscape not merely visited it. His results have been mixed. When Halprin designed … activity in the plaza, and the city took preventive measures to keep the homeless out such as removing benches, and …
Palais de Beaulieu

The Theological Third Way in Latin America

Review of A Gospel for the Poor: Global Social Christianity and the Latin American Evangelical Left, by David C. Kirkpatrick (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019)
… “Therefore go, and make disciples, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, … Spirit, teaching them to obey everything I [Jesus] have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19 NIV). This Great Commission … polarized, black-and-white, Left or Right binaries surrounding both Church and Latin American histories. …
President Carter shakes hands with General Torrijos of Panama after signing the Panama Canal Treaty

The Missing "Third" of the Third World

Review of Latin America and the Global Cold War, by Thomas C. Field, Jr., Stella Krepp, and Vanni Pettinà (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2020)
… and development. Latin America is a vast region comprising 33 individual countries in the southern half of … made possible by the local, regional, and global pressure generated by Panama’s Third Worldist and … World, and Cold War history points the way toward much future research. With memorable anecdotes, concise chapters, …