History News Service

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.

Showing 505 - 528 of 589
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, pictured in 2002
Apologizing for History
2013 St. Patrick's Day parade in Wappingers Falls, New York.
The Wearing of the Rainbow
Mural of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia.
‘Til All the World’s an Ebenezer
World War II poster of American, British, Chinese, and Russian soldiers shaking hands.
Patrick Buchanan’s Forebears
Seal of New York State.
George W. Bush and Indian Land Claims
The flag of the United Nations
America’s Intervention Predicament
A Jewish menorah, which is used during Hanukkah.
How Hanukkah Became the Jewish Christmas
With its rhetoric of "the 99%" (the people) against "the 1%" (the elite), the international Occupy movement is an example of a (left-wing) populist social movement.
A New Populism in the United States
Ellis Island, New York City.
Hiding Behind Reform
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964.
The (Character) Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
An image of the castle in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando.
Banning Harry Potter
A gay march in Minneapolis on June 30, 1973, the first in the country with the headline "Gay Pride".
Homosexuality and Prohibition
Radio World's Fair in 1926.
“Black Tuesday” After 70 Years
President Richard Nixon in 1969.
The Broken Scandal-Reform Cycle
Image of T2 Atomic Demolition Munition from the 1950s.
The Test-Ban Treaty and the Cold War’s Lessons
Bust of Abraham Lincoln.
Getting Wrong with Lincoln
The Trojan Nuclear Plant in 1973.
The Atomic Age
Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Caravaggio (1600, Cerasi Chapel).
Persecuted Christians?
Rural school children looking at a globe in 1943.
The Debate That Won’t Die
Soldiers in Kosovo
Kosovo: The Lessons of History?
Power lines.
Blackouts: Symptoms of Our Dependence
Gunslingers in the 19th century. This is the Ned Christie posse.
Gun Control and the Old West
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon in 1969 with the American flag behind them.
Thirty Years since Apollo 11
Computers utilized by U.S. Navy personnel in 1998.
What the Internet Will Bring Us