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… credit Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers, the man responsible for security at the House of Commons, with taking down the gunman. Commentators not … of the body of the people, being the best security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms …

… rash act against a national celebrity. Meanwhile, Knight complained that he was a victim of changing expectations … chain of command. Knight also created a virtual fiefdom, free from administrative interference. Indiana, said an … "his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty." He visited New York City, where 7.5 million people gathered to …

… training wheels or without the assistance of a parent is unforgettable. When I was six years old, I distinctly remember … and rode for recreation in the evenings. Cycles gave them freedom and some level of equality. With their newfound … cycling clubs were one type of group where cyclists could come together, but they were not merely for elites only. …

… For a while it was thought that William Shakespeare … the rights of his novel to a printer. He was buried in a common grave. Most profoundly, our modern sensibility is … dramas are as urgent as ever for these students. Freedom is a major topic for the Bard, and the difference of …

… an uprising at New York’s Stonewall Inn. The event has become iconic in popular memory as the spark for a new radical lesbian and gay activism . In his Second … marginalized people’s fights for inclusions when he saluted freedom fighters “through Seneca Falls , and Selma, and …

… will on others. Following the American Revolution, and for most of America’s history, the United States was a weak … at home but how states interact with each other. He urged free trade rather than entangling alliances and condemned … of “a general association of nations,” what would become the League of Nations, to adjudicate international …

… details of domestic issues, the most eye-opening comments on foreign policy have stemmed from Gov. George W. Bush's … the Clinton Administration Exported Government Instead of Free Enterprise and Failed the Russian People." As the title … History News Service …

… aspirant would provide the greatest continuity with the foreign policy course that has typified Western diplomacy in … he could have destroyed the Soviet Union. For Buchanan, Communism, with its rejection of free enterprise and foreign investment, represented a threat …

… To delay is impossible.” The tsar did not reply, instead complaining that “Again that fat-belly Rodzianko has written … restrictions based on religion, heredity, and nationality; freedom of speech, assembly, and the press; amnesty for … entry into the First World War in 1914 . As those who have visited Russia know well, the First World War can seem …

… and Alexander Hamilton — along with histories of our War for Independence such as David McCullough’s “1776” — into … huge bestsellers. We celebrate the Founders’ audacity and commitment, marvel at their battlefield heroics, literary … for and respond to threats to our national security and freedom to decline. When Americans declared their …

… nearly 15 million lives and change the face of the planet for generations to come. Gavrilo Princip Legend tells that shortly before his … states had already emerged in the Balkans, including a free Serbia. It was Princip’s and Mlada Bosna ’s ultimate … Former Yugoslavia …

… on brains. Undead and not quite living, where do zombies come from and why are they here? The story of our … of King Louis XIV of France in 1685 that limited religious freedoms and restricted freed African slaves, the Code Noir … plantation and slave life. The code itself was poorly enforced and there were few limits placed on corporal …

… Olive's experiences with the Mohave where she had much more freedom of movement than typically afforded white women in … Olive remade herself into a proper Victorian lady, complete with a child (the couple adopted) and a beautiful … transitions. For more information on Mifflin and her work, visit: …

… Join hosts Leticia Wiggins and Patrick Potyondy for part one of a two-segment History Talk on race in … Museum in Memphis . “It really is a place,” says Jeffries, “for living history.” ( Image Source ) … So that will then set up when we come back and deal with Freedom Summer. And so content wise, there's a number of …

… look no further into their past than the Vietnam War for instructive analogies about Iraq. They had better search further. While comparisons of Iraq with Vietnam may stir Howard Dean’s … War was fundamentally different from Operation Iraqi Freedom. It pitted Americans and South Vietnamese against …

… is, and used this argument to weaken the campaign finance reforms passed after Watergate. One of the justices even … rather, he wrote, “[t]he electors themselves are becoming the oligarchy.” Mill’s fear, like that of today’s … argument appear to be about defending everyone’s right to free speech rather than about protecting wealth’s claim to a …

… of the re-admittance of South Africa to the international community. To many, winning a rugby tournament might seem to … committees assert will attend events and continue to visit host communities. It is in the hopes of realizing such … them, and promoted to international ticket holders, had to freeze their rates at 2007 prices and give Match a 30% cut. …

… I’ve read about it, 1968 was quite a year. Writers have compared it to the most dramatic moments in modern history— … in by 1968, by which individuals could make important freedom claims against prevailing social institutions. While … oil interests, and his third wife made an official state visit to West Berlin. A 1967 state reception for the Shah of …

… few members of Congress have been caught taking bribes.  Before Rep. James Traficant of Ohio was convicted this summer … TV age, campaigning is expensive business. Today’s bribes come in the form of enormous but legal campaign … than it is now. Mining and logging companies gained nearly free rein to scar and pollute federal property — as they do …

… of the charges against them, but it would be foolhardy for them to assert that voter discontentment came down to … hand, would be wise not to take the recent election outcome as a clear mandate that Americans support an aggressive … a writer for the History News Service. He is the author of "Freedom's Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the …

… and children to internment camps, depriving them of their freedom, homes and jobs. But the 20th century’s legal … to act decisively, during World War I President Wilson took command of telegraph and telephone systems, issued executive … against them. Bush’s speech to Congress and the nation, his visit to a Washington mosque and his meetings with Muslim …

… programs. These recent developments no doubt bring comfort to some. But we can't rest easy. The dangers of nuclear … 1962, Brazil called for a Latin American nuclear weapon-free zone. Just one month later, the Soviets placed nuclear … History News Service … A Model for a Nuclear-Free Middle East …