Can a President Just Say “You’re Fired!”?
By Ray Raphael
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Netanyahu Finally Has the President He Wants. History Suggests There Will Still Be Problems.
Ronald L. Feinman
Since 1948 the Israeli-American relationship has had many ups and downs. Expect this to continue.
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The Real Middle East Crisis
James L. Gelvin
A list of the half-dozen greatest threats to human security in the region.
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What the Democrats Need to Do to Win Back the White House
David A. Horowitz
Hint: They can’t bank on impeachment.
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Roundup Top 10!
This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.
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The World War 1 Lesson Trump Should Keep in Mind as He Heads Off to His First NATO Summit
Nick Lloyd
Disaster ensues when coalitions stop speaking to one another and the members “do their own thing.”
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50 Years Ago the US Supreme Court Upheld the Deportation of “Homosexuals” As “Psychopaths”
Marc Stein
It’s a case we should remember as we consider the arbitrary restrictions the Trump administration wants to impose on immigrants.
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The French Election Shows the Risk of Abolishing the Electoral College
Robert Hardaway
Americans have been spoiled over the past two plus centuries with the stability of our republican form of form of government. Let’s not risk it.
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We Thought Diplomacy Couldn’t End the War in the Pacific. But We Dropped the Bomb before We Found Out for Sure.
Peter Van Buren
The lesson we need to learn for 2017.
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Congress Has the Power to Disclose Trump’s Tax Returns
George K. Yin
They should and history shows why.
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Trump's Disclosure of Secrets to Russia: What Historians Are Saying
... And what they're saying about fellow historian H.R. McMaster, Trump's National Security Advisor.
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Kissinger also Gave Away Israeli Secrets to the Russians
Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez
In 1972 he disclosed to the Russians that Israel had a source high up in the Egyptian government. It was Nasser’s son-in-law.
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We Should Be Dealing with the North Korean Threat the JFK Way
William Lambers
By ramping up diplomacy.
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Roundup Top 10!
This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.
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Putin’s Not Making It Easy, but We Need to Understand How He Views NATO and the US
Walter G. Moss
The experts call this strategic empathy. It’s essential.
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Why Is There So Little Popular Protest Against Today’s Threats of Nuclear War?
Lawrence Wittner
It would be a terrible thing if it takes a disastrous nuclear war between the United States and North Korea to convince people that nuclear war is simply unacceptable.
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Men Shouldn’t Be Threatened When Critics Denounce Toxic Masculinity
Carol Dyhouse
The critique of toxic masculinity is not an attack on maleness: it is fueled by a vision of stronger, more grounded and responsible men.
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Slandering Native Americans this Spring
Jim Loewen
Once again Native Americans are being made to look like fools for supposedly selling Manhattan for $24. It's outrageous.
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The One Place in Japan Where World War 2 Isn’t Forgotten
Peter Van Buren
And still, even there, Japan cannot fully come to terms with the war.
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Review of Jerald Podair’s “City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles”
Henry D. Fetter
Did the Dodgers move to LA change the city? This author thinks so. Our reviewer doubts that.
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Review of Chris Whipple's “The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency”
Kathryn Smith
"The Gatekeepers" is a fascinating book focusing on the chief of staff role from Nixon to Obama, ending with a bit of speculation about the man serving Donald Trump.
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What People Are Talking About
Links to important discussions about topics in the news this week.
News
- Bozeman schools prefer kids in class on MLK Day
- Universities across the country are facing up to their past association with slavery
- Trump Budget Proposes Devastating Cuts to Federal History, Archival & Education Programs
- Alabama governor signs law giving thousands of felons their right to vote back
- Jerusalem Post recalls history of the Six-Day War
- Jill Lepore: Americans Aren't Just Divided Politically, They're Divided Over History Too
- AHA joins protest of Trump’s plan for drastic cuts to the NEH
- Diane Ravitch says the Democrats paved the way for the education secretary's efforts to privatize our public schools
- Mark Moyar explains why he came to believe the Vietnam War was winnable
- How should Texas high schoolers learn history?
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