Nixon, Trump and the Strange Career of the Madman Theory
By Jeff Kimball
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In 1956 They Built a Statue in Santa Fe to Commemorate the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
William Loren Katz
Guess who it honors?
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Why California Fires Matter – To Everyone
Steve Pyne
Are we finally going to adopt sensible fire policies?
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How’s Brexit Going?
Luke Reader
It’s been 6 months since the British began the process of withdrawing from the EU. The signals thus far are not promising.
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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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Spain Banished Its Franco Monuments, Can We Do the Same for Lee?
James Thornton Harris
It’s long past time we did so.
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Was Robert E. Lee a “Woman Whipper”?
John Reeves
Lee’s sorry record as a slave owner, whether he was guilty of the charge of “woman whipper” or not.
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We’re Shifting from Protest to Resistance – Just Like People Did in the 60s.
Holly Scott
That can end badly if it devolves into infighting.
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The Nazi Plan to Kill the Disabled: What the U.S. Government Knew and When It Knew It
Suzy Evans
The terrible question that remains today amid widespread ethnic cleansing and genocide is why nothing was done.
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What I’m Reading: An Interview with Civil War Historian Earl J. Hess
Erik Moshe
His favorite saying about history? Historians have the last word.
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Is the Trump Administration Threatening the Integrity of our National Parks?
John Clayton
They want to privatize campgrounds, a surprising contributor to the national park experience.
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How Should We Judge Unconventional Patriotic Citizens Like Snowden or Kaepernick?
Fred Zilian
Here are five ways.
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Review of Mark Bowden’s “Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam”
Ron Briley
The approaching fiftieth anniversary of the Tet Offensive makes journalist Mark Bowden’s detailed account of the battle for Hue, the old imperial capital of Vietnam, a timely volume on an event that many perceive as a turning point in American support for the Vietnam War.
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Trying to Love "Shakespeare in Love" (The Play)
Bruce Chadwick
The success of the movie has propelled others to turn it into a stage play. This year, it will be the most produced play in the United States.
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What Citizenship Means Keeps Changing
Fred Zilian
Some of us just want red, white and blue patriots.
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So Trump’s Disparaging His Own Cabinet Members?
Bruce W. Dearstyne
He’s borrowing tactics from his hero Andrew Jackson.
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Trump Is a Different Kind of Politician, but He’s Not THAT Different
Nancy Isenberg
By talking tough and boasting that he’d love to throw a punch at a protester, candidate Trump pretended he was stepping down from his opulent Manhattan penthouse to commingle with the unwashed masses.
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Trump Tells Puerto Ricans to be “Proud” that They Aren’t Dead
Lillian Guerra
History calls on us to act.
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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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What I’m Reading: An Interview with Josiah Ober
Erik Moshe
Why did you choose history as your career? I took my first ancient history course because it fit my schedule and was immediately hooked.
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Vietnam in the Rearview Mirror: Why Victory Was an Illusion
John Prados
Ken Burns’s and Lynn Novick’s implicit “honor the troops” undertone makes this documentary a platform for the neo-orthodox culture war players.
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The Pentagon Has Its Commemoration of the Vietnam War. So Do Former Anti-Vietnam War Activists.
Jeremy Kuzmarov and Roger Peace
In October they’re holding a conference in DC.
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The Creation of the Unprecedented PBS Series "The Vietnam War"
Robin Lindley
An Interview with Co-Director Lynn Novick
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Removing Monuments Won’t Fix Our Problems
Amy Werbel
A lesson from the campaign against censorship in the 19th century shows why.
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Should Limiting North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions Be the Responsibility of the U.S. Government?
Lawrence Wittner
The UN might be in a position to broker a peace that we can’t.
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A Historian Celebrates His 100th Birthday
Vaughn Davis Bornet
Speech delivered at the Rotary Club of Ashland, Oregon. This week he turns 100.
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Review of Hugh Kennedy’s “Caliphate: The History of an Idea”
Daniel Lazare
Somebody slapped the wrong title on Hugh Kennedy’s political history of Islam from Muhammad to the Ottomans.
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Ralph Kramden Is Back! (This Time as a Play.)
Bruce Chadwick
The play is so good that the Loyal Order of the Raccoons, Ralph and Ed’s fraternal lodge in Brooklyn, would stand up and wave their raccoon pelt hats for it.
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What People Are Talking About
Links to important discussions about topics in the news this week.
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