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George W. Bush at the White House in 2003.
Can Bush out-Hoover Hoover?
India and Pakistan highlighted on a map.
“Open Skies” for India and Pakistan?
Pledge of Allegiance plaque
When Congress Tampers with the Court’s Independence
President George W. Bush in 2004.
Bush: Gaining on James Buchanan for Last Place
Portrait of General Winfield Scott.
When “Sensitivity” Has Opened the Road to Victory
U.S. soldiers in Iraq in 2007.
Nation-Building Demands Heavy Lifting
President Gerald Ford in 1975.
The Forgotten Virtues of Gerald Ford
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What’s Really At Stake in the Venezuelan Election
A woman voting in the early 20th century.
Could We Postpone the Election — Even If We Wanted To?
John Kerry addressing reporters in 2015.
What’s a Convention For, Any More?
Protesters against the an anti-gay marriage amendment on the 2012 election ballot.
The Gay-Marriage Amendment: A Danger to the Constitution
President Bush makes remarks in 2006 during a press conference in the Rose Garden about Iran's nuclear ambitions and discusses North Korea's nuclear test.
Fighting a War in Name Only
An integrated classroom in Anacostia High School, Washington, D.C., in 1957.
The Unfinished Business of School Desegregation
Ronald Reagan toasting at a State Dinner during his presidency.
Behind the Reagan Myths, a Mediocre Presidency
Reagan in 1982.
Measuring Reagan for Greatness
The Algerian flag.
Torture in Iraq: Lessons from Algeria
The Champs Elysees crowded with French patriots after the liberation of Paris in 1944.
We Didn’t Go It Alone in 1944
Transmission tower in Tennessee in the 1940s.
Back to the Future With Thomas A. Edison
Poster that says, "Resist," at a Yale University anti-draft rally in 1968.
The Political Costs of Filling the Ranks
Paul Bremer in 2003.
Iraq Repeats Long-Ago Mistakes in the Philippines
Paul Bremer in 2003.
Iraq Repeats Long-Ago Mistakes in the Philippines
Integrated classroom in 1955.
The Long-Term Legacies of Brown v. Board
Hessian troops surrendering to General George Washington after the Battle of Trenton.
The Return of the Mercenary
Aftermath of the al-Qaida bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania in 1998.
When America Was Considered a Rogue Nation