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Welcome to Viewpoints. Viewpoints is the archive of opinion pieces distributed through the History News Service. These essays have appeared in newspapers around the country.

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The supreme court of Massachusetts sits at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston.
Gay-Marriage Decision: Just the Beginning of the Debate
Official Portrait of President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan
“The Reagans”: The Spirit of Censorship Lives
Evo Morales in 2006.
Once More, Bolivians Seek Independence
Soldiers from 3rd Infantry Division provide perimeter security for Iraqi policemen at a traffic control point in Tikrit, Iraq.
The Limits of Shock and Awe
President JFK giving an address on civil rights in June, 1963.
A President Who Was Still Growing
Valerie Plame in 2008.
A Dirty–and Deadly–Trick
Chinese EVA spacesuit "Feitian".
China’s Manned Space Program: an Opportunity for Cooperation
1992 portrait of General Wesley K. Clark.
Wesley Clark: In the Tradition of Generals Who Make Peace
Antichristus, a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder: the pope depicted as the Antichrist, using his temporal power to grant authority to a generously contributing ruler.
The Bible as a Political Tool
Iraq by Raymond Bucko SJ on Flickr, cc by 2.0
Redeeming Honor — the South and Iraq
The Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C.
“What I Did On My Summer Vacation,” by the President
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders in 1963.
Giving Up on the Dream?
Illustration of Adam and Eve.
Changing the Constitution to Protect Adam and Eve?
Map showing position of North Korea relative to China
What Are They Thinking in Beijing?
A Memorial to the "Forgotten War" of Korea with the insignias of the United States Uniformed Services ringed around it.
Forgotten War, Tragic Peace
Garden District of New Orleans.
Learning to Dance With the French
Portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Burma’s Hope Imprisoned
St. Catherine of Siena depicted on a wood panel.
Speaking Truth to Catholic Power
The 2011 edition of Austin Pride.
Gay Rights: Separate but Equal?
A homeless man outside the outside the United Nations building in New York with the American flag in the background.
A New Abolition Movement — Against Poverty
The United States Declaration of Independence
The Writing Is Faded, the Message Lives
Chinese nuclear bomb on display in China.
A Danger Shared by All
An electron microscopic image of a thin section of SARS-CoV within the cytoplasm of an infected cell, showing the spherical particles and cross-sections through the viral nucleocapsid.
Could SARS Set off Another Great Pandemic?
The Statue of Liberty in New York City.
Where Will “Liberation” Lead?