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Week of May 14, 2012

Up Front



2012's Real Victory Won't Be Obama or Romney: It'll Be the National Security State
William J. Astore


Now It's Obama Who's Our First Gay President!
James Loewen

Polls


News at Home



What Does It Take for a Candidate to be President? Interview with Samuel Popkin
David A. Walsh


Why Did President Nixon Show George Romney the Door as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development?
Michael H. Ebner


Obama "Evolved" on Same-Sex Marriage -- Lincoln "Evolved" on Slavery
Corey M. Brooks

News Abroad



Why Did the Jewish Daily Forward Interview a Hamas Spokesman?
Daniel Mandel


Mother's Day, 2012, and We're Still at War
Murray Polner


America as a Shining Drone Upon a Hill
Tom Engelhardt

Historians & History



Was the Economic Miracle of World War II Fact or Fiction?
Richard Striner


Roosevelt, Hughes, and the Battle over the New Deal: Interview with James Simon
Robin Lindley

Culture Watch



"Elementary": Sherlock Holmes Is Back in a Big Way
Bruce Chadwick


Peter Pan, the Boy Who Never Grew Up, Flies Back to Broadway with the Lost Boys in Tow
Bruce Chadwick

Books



Review of Chase Madar's The Passion of Bradley Manning: The Story of the Suspect Behind the Largest Security Breach in U.S. History
Murray Polner


Review of Randal Maurice Jelks's Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement: A Biography
Luther Spoehr
Week of May 7, 2012

Up Front

 

On Islam, Romney Doesn't Have the Slightest Idea What He's Talking About
Juan Cole

News at Home



How Mormon History Has Shaped Mitt Romney
Daniel J. Herman


Occupy Activists Resurrect May Day for Americans 
Peter Dreier

News Abroad



Protests Over Housing Inequality Have a Long History in Israel
Yfaat Weiss


No More Victory Days?
Joseph E. Persico

Historians & History



Republicans, Mormons, and Jews: The Unlikely 1940s Alliance That Reshaped U.S. Mideast Policy
Rafael Medoff


David Barton’s Jefferson
Martin E. Marty


CNN's Conspiracy Bias in the Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
Mel Ayton


I Did It My Way—By Accident: Lessons from an Unconventional Career
Ray Smock


How Did TV Remember the '92 L.A. Riots?
Jill A. Edy

Culture Watch



The Long Shadow of History Falls Over Copenhagen and the Race for the Atomic Bomb in World War II
Bruce Chadwick


1960s Midwest Drama Burns Slowly on Stage
Bruce Chadwick


Death in the End Zone: NFL Concussion Crisis Play Packs Wallop
Bruce Chadwick

Books



Review of Patricia Cohen's In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age
Jim Cullen