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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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members of the Tea Party holding signs
The Great American Debate Recommences
Demolition of the former Penn Station concourse raised public awareness about preservation.
Choking Off Our Past
Obama wore Isabel Toledo clothes made of St. Gallen Embroidery to the 2009 presidential inauguration.
Is Michelle Obama the Ultimate Insider?
Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris' idealized 1900 depiction of (left to right) Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson of the Committee of Five working on the Declaration.
Stealing the First Amendment from the People
An insurance form with pills.
“Hands off My Medicare”: The Deadly Legacy of Social Insurance
Map of the Gaza Strip in May 2005, a few months prior to the Israeli withdrawal. The major settlement blocs were the blue-shaded regions of this map.
Threads of Hope Glimmer in the Middle East
Heads of delegations at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21), which led to the signing of the Paris Agreement.
Looking for a Common Language at Copenhagen
President Obama presents Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, January 12, 2017.
How the Vice President Can Serve as the President’s Most Unbiased Adviser
President Reagan in February 1985.
Will the GOP Find a New Reagan?
The London meeting to discuss NATO military intervention in Libya, March 29, 2011.
Secretary Clinton — Leader or Figurehead?
Veterans Day Poster 1980.
Keeping Veterans Day Alive
William Calley Jr. mugshot for charges involving the My Lai massacre.
Was William Calley a Scapegoat?
Caster Semenya at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Woman, Man, Neither? The Predicament of a World-Class Runner
Rep Joe WIlson fan club with a poster that reads, "You lie!"
Brooks to Thurmond to Wilson
Monti's parents receive his Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the White House, September 17, 2009.
Leave the Medal of Honor Alone!
Lyndon Johnson greets American troops in Vietnam 1966.
A Curtain Call for the Domino Theory?
The original Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary, known popularly as the Treaty of Tripoli, written in Arabic, signed 4 November 1796.
Obama Disregards History in Favor of Diplomacy
The Warren Court (1953–1969).
Blending Empathy and Justice
Carter’s “Crisis of Confidence” Speech.
How Carter’s “Crisis of Confidence” Speech Still Matters
Ration distribution point.
The Other War in Pakistan
The four women Supreme Court Justices: Sandra Day O'Connor, Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan. O'Connor is not wearing a robe because she is retired from the Court.
Should Catholic Justices Recuse Themselves on Certain Cases?
North Korea's prime minister Kim Il-sung and China's premier Zhou Enlai tour Beijing in 1958.
China Holds the Key to the North Korea Problem
Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Attacks on Sotomayor Ignore Court’s History and Makeup
The Vengeance of Fulvia by Francisco Maura y Montaner, 1888 depicting Fulvia inspecting the severed head of Cicero.
Thinking of Dick Cheney as Cicero