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Week of August 30, 2010
Camp Westerbork: The Netherland's Forgotten Concentration Camp Paul Doolan
Channelling George Washington: What If ... Slavery Ended Peacefully? Thomas Fleming
Glenn Beck’s History Lesson: Amnesia and Conformity Ron Briley
Historians and the Prop 8 Decision John Willingham
Reflections on My Friend, the Late Diplomatic Historian Norman Graebner Vaughn Davis Bornet
Textbooks and History Standards: An Historical Overview Robin Lindley
Vote iQ Hot Topics: The Texas Textbook Controversy
Why Does Obama Keep Apologizing? Moshe Dann
Wrestling with the Khmer Rouge Legacy Tom Fawthrop
Week of August 23, 2010
The Unmaking of a Company Man Andrew J. Bacevich
Are We Not Men? We Are Devo! Jefferson Cowie
Foxes, Hedgehogs, and the Latest Crop of Books on Contemporary China Jeffrey Wasserstrom
From Hanigan to SB 1070: How Arizona Got to Where It Is Today Geraldo Cadava
General McChrystal, General Petraeus, and General Confusion Michael H. Hunt
Hiroshima and Nagaski: Two Opinions Jeff Tenuth
True Bipartisanship Is Not Love and Kisses Jeremy C. Young
Week of August 16, 2010
Why Do So Many Americans Think Obama is a Secret Muslim? Rick Shenkman
By The Time I Get to Arizona Guy Mount
Channelling George Washington: How Not to Fight a War Thomas Fleming
How Much Is Enough? America's Runaway Military Spending Lawrence S. Wittner
In Defense of Ethnic Studies and American History Simon Balto
Lessons Learned from Stephen Ambrose Thompson Brandt
Repealing Birthright Citizenship Wasn't a Good Idea Back in the Forties Either Greg Robinson
Social Security at Seventy-Five Edward D. Berkowitz
Tea Party Anarchists? Caroline Hamilton
What Obama Should See on His State Visit to England Lee P. Ruddin
Week of August 9, 2010
The Srebrenica Massacre, After Fifteen Years David N. Gibbs
Channelling George Washington: Hating Things Military Thomas Fleming
Collaborating to Preserve Our Cultural History Melissa Mannon
Hoarding and Most Economists Carmine Gorga
How Empathy Makes Superior Judges—and Justice Joel K. Goldstein
Is Religious Freedom a Casualty at Ground Zero? Kambiz GhaneaBassiri
The Bomb Was Not Necessary John J. McLaughlin
The People’s Historian and the FBI Zinn Files Peter N. Kirstein
Vote iQ Hot Topics: Tea Party History
Was Churchill Responsible for the Bengal Famine? Madhusree Mukerjee
What Would Happened in an All-Out Nuclear War? Lester Stone II
Week of August 2, 2010
Congo's Quest for Liberation Continues Bahati Ntama Jacques and Beth Tuckey
Democracy's Lawyer: The Saga of Felix Grundy Neda Raeker
Fly Away, Mockingbird! John Summers
Postcard from Michigan: Budget Cuts, Budget Cuts, Budget Cuts for Public Universities Lester Stone II
Redress Crossroads in Japan William Underwood
Rohter Strikes Out Yet Again on South of the Border Mark Weisbrot
The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Congo: A Year for Lavish Celebrations or a Moment for Reflection? Charles Tshimanga
The Hidden Story Behind the Sherrod Case: USDA Racism Pete Daniel
The Significance of the Afghanistan War Diary Deepak Tripathi
The Unbearable Whiteness of Being Mark Naison
Week of July 26, 2010
The End of (Military) History? Andrew J. Bacevich
A Humanist's Reflections on Evolutionary Biology Everett Hamner
An Evolutionary Biologist’s Reflections on the Scopes Trial David N. Reznick
Channelling George Washington: Book Return Thomas Fleming
Oliver Stone Still Doesn't Get It Larry Rohter
Sex, Intersex, and the Making of "Normal" Elizabeth Reis
The Easter Uprising in History Fearghal McGarry
The Gulf of Tonkin Revisited William C. Berman
Turkey in Cyprus vs. Israel in Gaza Daniel Pipes
Was the Newly-Discovered NYC Ship Used to Transport Slaves? Pearl Duncan
Week of July 19, 2010
A Corner of the Internet where History—and Civility—Flourish Sara Mayeux
A Minnesota Frontier Fort—The Site of Genocide? Neda Raeker
Breathing Easier—For a While, Anyway—With Inouye as President Pro Tempore William Thompson
Coming to Terms With the Nazi-Islamist Connection: An Interview with Jeffrey Herf Karl Pfeifer
Here is My Answer, Oliver Ron Radosh
How to Solve Congress's Fraction Problem George Szpiro
The Real Intellectual at Beck University John Willingham
The Treasure Trove of the Soviet Archives Paul R. Gregory
Week of July 12, 2010
George F. Will Continues to Take a Woodrow Wilson Quote Out of Context David A. Walsh
George Steinbrenner: The Face of the Evil Empire Ron Briley
Byrd’s Soiled Nest Robert H. Dockery
European Socialism Isn't as Socialist as You Might Think Philip Nord
Goodbye Cleveland! Michael H. Carriere
Historians, Policymakers, and Hybrid Failures: A Menage à Trois in the Making? Robert E. Wright
Misstatements and Factual Errors from Critics Oliver Stone
Responding to the New York Times's Broadside at Our Documentary Oliver Stone, Mark Weisbrot, and Tariq Ali
The Conservative Side of Barack Obama Alan Luxenberg
The Kagan Hearings: Back to Conservative Activism? David A. Strauss
The McChrystal Affair: Pity the Poor Historian Michael H. Hunt
The Tea Party and the New Right-Wing Christian Feminism Ruth Rosen
Week of July 5, 2010
A White House Tea and Michelle Obama Betty Boyd Caroli
America Isn't the Only Country Celebrating Its Revolution William Beezley
An Illiberal Education and Southern Politics Randal Jelks
Channelling George Washington: The Glorious Fourth (Again) Thomas Fleming
Economic Justice Before the High Court Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
German National Identity and the World Cup Colin Walfield
Jefferson: Founding Father and Connoisseur Wade Graham
Leave the Seventeenth Amendment Alone! Byron W. Daynes
Should Historians Have to Engage the Public? Jonathan Jarrett
Soccer — An American Sport? Diana Cwerenz
The "International" Investigation into the Sinking of the Cheonan and the Risk of a New Korean War John McGlynn
The Past WAS a Foreign Country David Lowenthal
Week of June 28, 2010
What's Wrong With Kagan's Confirmation Hearings Kathleen Gronnerud
The Presidents and the McGenerals Kenneth Weisbrode
Graham Opinion Reflects Justice Kennedy's Moral Foundation Frank J. Colucci
Now We Are Enemies Fifty Years On Thomas Fleming
A History of Insubordinate Generals John C. McManus
A Response to Jonathan Israel Samuel Moyn
General McChrystal and the Wages of Hypocrisy Mark A. LeVine
How to Rebuild the Special Relationship Lee P. Ruddin
Myths from the Right about the Disaster in the Gulf Tyler Priest
Oliver Stone’s Latest Travesty Ron Radosh
Ten Disgraced Generals Steven Lomazow
The Past is No Foreign Country Randall Stephens
We Need More General Wedemeyers John J. McLaughlin
What Samuel Moyn Got Wrong in His Nation Article Jonathan Israel
Week of June 21, 2010
Entering the Soviet Era in America Tom Engelhardt
A Message to the G-8 Summit: Remember June, 1946 William Lambers
BP's Other Gifts to America—and to the World Lawrence S. Wittner
Gender Apartheid Online Ruth Rosen
Henry Luce: The Master of a Changing Media Landscape Alan Brinkley
It’s the Trade Deficit, Not the Budget Deficit Judith Stein
Kindling Faulkner: The Fiction of Scott Turow Jim Cullen
Michael Tomasky's Despairing Take on American History Joseph A. Palermo
Portrait or Postcard? The Controversy over a “Rare” Photograph of Slave Children Mary Niall Mitchell
The Meaning of Brazil's Canudos Campaign Ilan Stavans
The Missing Key to the Texas History Textbook Debate Kyle Ward
The Revolving Door at the SEC Daniel R. Ernst
Week of June 14, 2010
Dean King: The Saga of the Women of the Long March Aaron Leonard
Dwight Eisenhower's Concept of Unified Command David Jablonsky
Garry Wills and a Church Too Far John Willingham
Those Damn Immigrants . . . Again William Loren Katz
What If Theodore Roosevelt Were President Today? Daniel Ruddy
What's Next for the Nuclear Disarmament Movement? Lawrence S. Wittner
Who is Elizabeth Dilling, and Why is Glenn Beck a Fan? Zach Honoroff
Will Obama and Cameron be as Close as Kennedy and Macmillan? Alanna O’Malley
Week of June 7, 2010
A Brief History of Military Tribunals Robert C. Doyle
BP Has Dealt With Government Takeover Before...In Iran Edwin Black
Can "Reacting to the Past" Help Students Learn About the Israel/Palestine Conflict? David A. Walsh
Channelling George Washington: The General and Patrick Henry Thomas Fleming
Deepwater Horizon, Chernobyl, Bhopal Jonathan Dresner
Gaza, Israel and the Limits of "Escalation Dominance" Geoffrey Wawro
The Ampo Treaty’s Troubled Fiftieth Anniversary Gavan McCormack
The Gore Separation as an Iconic Baby Boom Act Gil Troy
Why The Arab/Israeli Conflict Remains Intractable Alex Grobman
Week of May 31, 2010
Dispatches from the Historical Society Conference Randall Stephens
A Salute to the Generosity of Our Soldiers William Lambers
A Vanishing American Remembrance? Ed Hooper
Can We Live With the Bomb? Lawrence S. Wittner
China's Season of Protests Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Fortress Guam: Resistance to U.S. Military Mega-Buildup LisaLinda Natividad and Gwyn Kirk
Glenn Beck: “Historian” For a Troubled America Joseph A. Palermo
Populist Interest in the Constitution is Nothing New Jeff Shesol
Rethinking the Rand Paul Controversy Kenneth W. Mack
Skewed Wealth Distribution and the Roots of the Economic Crisis David Barber
This Memorial Day, a Modest Plea for More Honest Military Recruiting Ads William Astore
Week of May 24, 2010
"Prompt Global Strike" Has Deep Roots in American History Ira Chernus
"The Story of Us"? Hardly Jeremy Stern
Arthur Bryant, Britain's Establishment Historian Reba N. Soffer
Barry Goldwater on the Civil Rights Act: The Antecedent to Rand Paul David Farber
Channelling Martha Washington Thomas Fleming
If Greeley and Lincoln Were Alive Today, They Wouldn't Recognize the Republican Party Johann Neem
Mysterious Forces T.H. McGraw
Rand Paul Could Use a Lesson from My Father on Discrimination Lawrence S. Wittner
Richard Cohen is Right to Criticize Newt Gingrich's Historical Claims, But He Needs to Double-Check His Facts Nick Underwood
The Truth About "The Sick Man At Yalta" Steven Lomazow
Turkey and the Holocaust Arnold Reisman
Week of May 17, 2010
Eisenhower and My Father, Stephen Ambrose Hugh Ambrose
On Elena Kagan’s Senior Thesis: Sound Anti-Communist Labor History Ron Radosh
Ambrose and Eisenhower: A View from the Stacks in Abilene Timothy D. Rives
Ambrose on Eisenhower: The Impact of a Single Faulty Quotation Ira Chernus
An Open Letter to the President: Stop Recognizing the Sons of Confederate Veterans Edward H. Sebesta
Channelling George Washington (and Thomas Jefferson) Thomas Fleming
Evan Thomas Asks Why We Fought Spain in 1898 Aaron Leonard
French Nippon Foundation Sues Scholar for Libel to Protect the Honor of Sasakawa Ryōichi Karoline Postel-Vinay with Mark Selden
History and Technology are Rapidly Converging, Says Documentarian Eric Stange Jill O'Neill
Obama’s Policy Toward Yemen is Failing on Food William Lambers
Reflections on President Obama's University of Michigan Commencement Speech Walter G. Moss
Stephen Ambrose's Falsifications of the Rosenberg Execution Lori Clune
The Year 1877 Looks Awfully Familiar Today Michael A. Bellesiles
Week of May 10, 2010
The Supremes and the Single Girl Mary L. Dudziak
A Culturally Irrelevant History of "Melodramatic Minutiae" Iliana Alanís
A Pattern of Neglect and a Missed Opportunity Emilio Zamora
A Sanitized History Roberto R. Calderón
An Almost Impossibly Large Set of Standards Produced by a Problematic Process Jesús F. de la Teja
An Incomplete Version of the Past that Silences Important Struggles Kirsten Gardner
An Overstuffed Laundry List that Treats Seniors like Kindergartners Keith A. Erekson
European Citizenship's Past and Future Andreas Fahrmeir
Gulf Spill Serves as Referendum on the High-Energy Existence Brian Black
Introduction to the Feature Keith A. Erekson
Lessons from the 36th Congress on Party Rigidity Today Jordan Goldstein
May 10 Elections in the Philippines Will Change Little Luis H. Francia
Plagiarized Work Michael Soto
The Death (and Life) of the Newspaper Tom Robinson
The God in Whom We Should Trust John Willingham
Week of May 3, 2010
The Politics of Mother's Day Rebecca Jo Plant
"The Diary of a Public Man" Revealed Daniel W. Crofts
American Mistakes in Afghanistan and Iraq Deepak Tripathi
Americans Know That Israel is Their Ally Judith Apter Klinghoffer
Cinco de Mayo, from the Battlefield to the Beer Bottle Jeffrey M. Pilcher
Death of a Diplomat and a New START in Arms Control Richard A. Moss
History's Mad Hatters: The Strange Career of Tea Party Populism Steve Fraser and Joshua B. Freeman
Misunderstanding Hiroshima Richard H. Minear and Mark Selden
Norman G. Finkelstein: Israel Overreached in Gaza Aaron Leonard
Presenting the Past: The Historical Fiction of Robert Harris Jim Cullen
Reforming Seigniorage the Key to a Sustainable Economy Eric Zencey
What Is My Peace Plan for Israel? Daniel Pipes
What Role Should a Presidential Library Play? Maarja Krusten
Where’s The Mule for Victims of Slavery? Jean Pfaelzer
Week of April 26, 2010
A Dissenting View of Robert Proctor by a Fellow Anti-Smoking Advocate Alan Blum
A Fresh View of Cold War America Ron Radosh
Channelling George Washington: Foreign Policy ala Thomas Jefferson Thomas Fleming
Chicago v. the Second Amendment Stephen P. Halbrook
Facing Opportunities and Obstacles in Space Jonathan Coopersmith
Obama Sees a Distant Horizon Kenneth Weisbrode
Pedophilia, the Pope and the Jews Gustav Schonfeld
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Past & Present Lawrence S. Wittner
Winning All the Battles but Losing the War, Just Like Hannibal Robert O'Connell
Week of April 19, 2010
Anonymous Slander on Amazon, Soviet Style Donal O'Sullivan
From an Economy of Consumption to an Economy of Sustainability Walter G. Moss
Making "Environmentalism" Relevant for Everyone Brian Hamilton
100 Years of a Presidential Baseball Tradition Adam Burns
America and the Dictators, From Ngo Dinh Diem to Hamid Karzai Alfred W. McCoy
America's Complete History Includes Slaves Pearl Duncan
Barack Obama's Legal Predecessor was Charles Hamilton Houston Rawn James, Jr.
Civility in Modern America Isn't as Bad as Before the Civil War Williamjames Hull Hoffer
Female Suicide Bombers are Nothing New Thomas R. Mockaitis
How McDonnell's Remarks Could Jeopardize Southern Tourism Ethan J. Kytle and Blain Roberts
Learning Nuclear Policy from an Iowa Farmer Lee Winningham
Obama’s Nuclear Initiatives Are Neither “Sufficient” Nor “Bold” Shane J. Maddock
Rummaging in “The Hurt Locker” for a Moral Equivalent of War James Livingston
What We Choose to Remember: Jerusalem in World History Judith Mendelsohn Rood
Zuhdi Jasser, M.D.: Islam’s Luther—or its Don Quixote? Timothy R. Furnish
Week of April 12, 2010
Oh, Canada: Why Anti-Zionism Festers in a Country Otherwise Known for its Friendliness Gil Troy
Channelling George Washington: The Learning Curve Thomas Fleming
Exit Gen. Grant - Enter St. Ronald? Steven Conn
Haiti's Revolution Fueled the Rise of Big Sugar in Cuba and Louisiana Elizabeth Abbott
Is START Really a Beginning? Lawrence S. Wittner
New York City's Latest Taxi Scam Graham Russell Gao Hodges
Opium, the CIA and the Karzai Administration Peter Dale Scott
Republican, Democrat, or Independent: Which Choice for Me? Vaughn Davis Bornet
Staughton Lynd: A Historian with a Place in History Carl Mirra
Wikipedia—The Dumbing Down of World Knowledge Edwin Black
Week of April 5, 2010
Highlights from the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Washington D.C. David A. Walsh and Dave Lieberson
When Israel Stood Up to Washington Daniel Pipes
OAH President Elaine Tyler May's Fascination with Domesticity David A. Walsh
14 Attorneys General vs. the Constitution Stanley Kutler
Baseball Has Lost Some of Its Soul William Astore
Micro-Geography Matters in Jerusalem Dror Wahrman
Photographer Peter van Agtmael's Unsparing Images from Iraq and Afghanistan Robin Lindley
The Decentralization of Morocco's Monarchy Yossef Ben-Meir
The University Is Not a Factory Christopher Merrill and Linda K. Kerber
To End the Gaping Political Divide over Roe, Revisit Doe Jerome C. Wakefield
Week of March 29, 2010
Can Anyone Pacify Afghanistan, the World's Number One Narco-State? Alfred W. McCoy
Health Care Reform and Liberal Values Walter G. Moss
In Defense of Historians as Expert Witnesses: A Rebuttal to Jon Wiener John C. Burnham
Loray Mill Strikers Deserve to be Remembered David Lee McMullen
Lying About Nuclear Weapons Lawrence S. Wittner
Medicine as History: A Conversation with Historian of Medicine Dora Weiner Jill O'Neill
The Perils of the Philanthropist President in Haiti Martine Jean
The Road Not Taken by the U.S. in 1950s Iran John T. McNay
The Sad History of Kansas City Public Schools Joshua M. Dunn
The Texas State Board of Education and History Standards: A Teacher’s Perspective Ron Briley
This Recession is Going To Be a Long One James Livingston
Turkey Yesterday... and Today: An Interview with Jenny White Aaron Leonard
Week of March 22, 2010
K.C. Johnson Missed the Point About Naftali Max Holland
New York Times Article on Texas History Standards Misses How the Historical "Narrative" Has Changed Joseph A. Palermo
Channelling George Washington: Illusions of Victory Thomas Fleming
From the Philippines Conquest to Afghanistan, the U.S. Trains Local Police in Brutality Jeremy Kuzmarov
George Will and Peter Beinart Take a Woodrow Wilson Quote Out of Context Kristie Miller and Robert H. McGinnis
Globalization and the Fall of the Roman Empire Peter Heather
History as Creative Writing James Goodman
Holland, Naftali, and the Wisdom of Discretion K.C. Johnson
Location, Location, Location Affected the Media in the D.C. Sniper Case Jack Censer
Marx for a New Century: An Interview with Bertell Ollman Aaron Leonard
Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride and the Struggle to End Global Hunger William Lambers
The Theater Has a Power Beyond the Lone Pursuit of History Howard Zinn
Think the East Coast Blizzards Were Bad This Year? Try 1947 Hannah Regan
Will Detroit Become a Replica of Chernobyl's Ghost Town? Jill O'Neill
Zinn Lives: Scholars Remember the Person Behind A People’s History Guy Mount
Week of March 15, 2010
Why is Texas Afraid of Thomas Jefferson? Matthew Crow
Open Letter to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Vice-Prime Minister Bülent Arınç Taner Akçam
A Discussion on Irish Immigrants in America with Timothy Meagher Jill O'Neill
Immigrant Loyalties During the Great War and Today David Laskin
Inside the Sit-Ins Against U.S. Military Expansion on Okinawa Kikuno Yumiko
Mexican War Traitor, Hero, and Irishman: The Three Faces of John Riley Peter F. Stevens
The American Insurgency in Iraq? Priya Satia
The Saga of the Warner Brothers, Hollywood's Studio Family Thomas Doherty
The Seneca Nation's Cigarette Fight With Congress Matthew Dennis
The Tea Party Movement Has Deep American Roots Louise W. Knight
The Texas State Board of Education’s Reasons for Elevating Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson John Willingham
The Wearing of the Green Christopher Shannon
Week of March 8, 2010
A Critique of Peter Kuznick's Interview with HNN Ron Radosh
How Zoroastrianism Influences the Worldview of Iran's Leadership Juan Cole
On Turkey and the Armenian Genocide, the Obama Administration Needs to Sing a New Song Taner Akçam
Why Saladin Continues to Captivate the Arab World Jonathan Phillips
Could Gerard Depardieu Play Marcus Garvey? Colin Grant
Decline of a Great Power? Robert Brent Toplin
Dismantling SUNY, America's Largest Public University System Lawrence S. Wittner
Getting Gun History Right Saul Cornell
Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission: An Interview with Kim Dong-choon Mark Selden
Oliver Stone's Secret History: An Interview with Peter Kuznick Dave Lieberson
The Texas State Board of Education and the Vindication of Joe McCarthy John Willingham
Women's History and a Woman's Subtle Power Catherine Allgor
Week of March 1, 2010
The Crisis in Turkey over the Military Threatens Secular Government Daniel Pipes
Channelling George Washington: Presidents Criticizing Presidents Thomas Fleming
Choking Off Our Past by Cutting Preservation Ed Hooper
How Thomas Jefferson's Wartime Record Shaped His Life Michael Kranish
Lone Star: Discovering the Music of Sam Baker Jim Cullen
Obama Isn't the First Male Feminist Arianne Chernock
Texas State Board of Education Tries to Dilute History of Women, Minorities John Willingham
The 240th Anniversary of the Boston Massacre Richard Archer
The China We're Stuck With Warren I. Cohen
The Forgotten Washington Race War of 1919 Rawn James Jr.
With a Free Enterprise Vietnam, Who Really Won the War? William Thompson
Week of February 22, 2010
Big Tobacco and the Historians Jon Wiener
Al Haig's Cuban Odyssey with the Kennedys Don Bohning
Shouting Down the Israeli Ambassador: Boneheaded? Perhaps... Illegal? Not So Fast Mark A. LeVine
Channelling George Washington: The Imperial Congress Thomas Fleming
Criticism of Obama Mirrors That of FDR Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
How the Russians View Abraham Lincoln William G. Shade
Is Michelle Obama the Ultimate Insider? Kenneth Weisbrode
Lenin's Brother: An Interview with Philip Pomper Aaron Leonard
The (Very) French Argument against Google Books Christine S. Haynes
The Faculty Mental Health Story That’s Being Missed After the Huntsville Massacre Heather Munro Prescott
The Manhattan Declaration and "Traditional" Marriage David Lee McMullen
The Texas State Board of Education's Attempt to Christianize the Founders John Willingham
William Kunstler: The Lawyer Who Disturbed the Universe Ron Briley
Week of February 15, 2010
George Galloway and the Left’s Unholy Alliance Richard L. Cravatts
How the Modern Day Tea Partiers Missed the Message of 1773 Jim Sleeper
Interview with Gordon S. Wood Jill O'Neill
Jack London, Asian Wars and the “Yellow Peril” Daniel A. Métraux
Obama, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Partisanship Bryan DuBose Peery
Remembering the Late J.R. Pole Joyce Appleby
The Return of Staughton Lynd David Waldstreicher
“Secret” 1965 Memo Reveals Plans to Keep U.S. Bases and Nuclear Weapons Options in Okinawa After Reversion Steve Rabson
Week of February 8, 2010
Channelling George Washington: The Role of the Presidency Thomas Fleming
Eleanor Roosevelt and Isabella Greenway: A Story of Two Political Women Kristie Miller and Robert McGinnis
Liberals Get a War President of Their Very Own Murray Polner
Living in the Eighties: Moving Beyond the Gilded Age Versus Golden Age Paradigm Gil Troy and Vincent J. Cannato
Obama and U.S. Foreign Policy K.C. Johnson
Preserving the Golden Rule as a Piece of Anti-Nuclear History Lawrence S. Wittner
Stealing the First Amendment from the People Matthew E. Crow
The Great Recession of 2008 and the Sordid Historiography of the Great Depression Robert E. Wright
The Howard Zinn I Remember Staughton Lynd
Who Was Stepan Bandera? Norman J.W. Goda
Why Knowing More About FDR's Health Matters Steven Lomazow
“Confucius” and “Avatar” at the Chinese Multiplex Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Week of February 1, 2010
Howard Zinn Briefly Recalled Sheldon M. Stern
Is Wartime a Time to End Don't Ask, Don't Tell? Mary L. Dudziak
Definitions and Double Standards - A Rebuttal Roger Griffin
Goldberg’s Response Fits His History of Evasion David Neiwert
Howard Zinn's Disputed Legacy Michael Honey
America the Awful - Howard Zinn's History Ron Radosh
Black Loyalists in the American Revolution John J. McLaughlin
Channelling George Washington: Campaign Finance Thomas Fleming
Hans Trefousse: A Scholar and a Gentleman Paul A. Thomsen and Joshua Spivak
Inspired by John Gunther: An Interview with Mark Weisenmiller Aaron Leonard
Missteps on Afghanistan William R. Polk
Presidential Inaugurations from Washington to Obama Sandra Moats
Thank You, Howard Zinn Ron Briley
The Last of the Doughboys David Laskin
The Smallest Army Imaginable C. Douglas Lummis
Week of January 25, 2010
An Open Letter to Mr. Jonah Goldberg Matthew Feldman
Once Again the State of the Union Makes a President Strong Gil Troy
Definitions and Double Standards Jonah Goldberg
Remembering Howard Zinn Joseph A. Palermo
"Hands off My Medicare": The Deadly Legacy of Social Insurance Colin Gordon
An Academic Book — Not! Roger Griffin
Charter 08: A New Beginning for Chinese Liberalism Feng Chongyi
Haiti's Curse Claire Robertson
Interview with AHA President-elect Anthony Grafton Jill O'Neill
Introduction David Neiwert
Michael Ledeen Responds to Liberal Fascism Michael Ledeen
Poor Scholarship, Wrong Conclusions Matthew Feldman
Replacing International Oppression with International Aid Lawrence S. Wittner
The Roots of Liberal Fascism: The Book Chip Berlet
The Scholarly Flaws of Liberal Fascism Robert Paxton
Week of January 18, 2010
Haiti's Troubled History with the U.S. and France Marc Becker
Too Hard for the White Folks? Americans and the Haitian Revolution Jacqueline Bacon
What in the World is Oliver Stone Talking About? Eric Kurlander
Demystifying the Clinton Presidency: An Interview with Historian Taylor Branch Robin Lindley
How the Professional Media Creates Its Own Reality Jack R. Censer and Jerry Prout
How to Teach All Sides of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Without Taking Sides Donna Robinson Divine
Lawrence Daniel Pipes
Many Church Leaders Remain Silent While Palestinian Arabs Suffer At The Hands of Muslims Alex Grobman
New Video from the 1945 Yalta Summit Steven Lomazow
Obama Follows Reagan-era Blueprint After Earthquake in Haiti Alexander Poster
Recovering the Voice of Martin Luther King from 1960 Keith L. Sprunger
Rethinking MLK and Vietnam Michael H. Carriere
Toward a More Complete MLK Day Simon Balto
U.S. Military Escalation in Afghanistan: A Response to President Obama Richard Drake
Week of January 11, 2010
Divide and Confound—or Divide and Empower? The Opportunities and Dangers of Strategic PSYOP against the Alawi Rulers of Syria Timothy R. Furnish
History without Reading Jim Cullen
How an Ancient Act of Terror Brought Down a Republic Adrienne Mayor
Nuclear Terrorism: How It Can Be Prevented Lawrence S. Wittner
Obama, Diplomat-in-Chief Kenneth Weisbrode
Reid's Obama Blunder and What It Means Adriane Lentz-Smith
Texas Social Studies Reform: What Texans Aren’t Talking About—But Should Be Keith A. Erekson
What Obama is Doing Wrong Judith Apter Klinghoffer
What Would You Include in a Children's Book About the Ancient World? Cathy Diez-Luckie
Why It's Unlikely Obama Will Suffer Carter's Fate Ashley Wayne Cruseturner
Week of January 4, 2010
Highlights of the 2010 Annual Convention of the American Historical Association in San Diego David A. Walsh
A Closer Look at "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell John J. McLaughlin
In My Wildest Dreams: The Marriage That Dare Not Speak Its Name Marc Stein
The Extraordinary Story of the Hanging of the Black Man Who Owned Slaves J. William Harris
The Hall of Fame for Great Americans: Organizational Comatosis or Hibernation? William N. Thompson and Ernita Joaquin
The Historian as Time Traveler Ian Mortimer
Why Did the Bush White House Copy and Print Every Email It Received? It's a Long Story Nneoma Amadi-obi
Week of December 21, 2009
The Christmas Eve Freedom Fighters William Loren Katz
Threads of Hope Glimmer in the Middle East Jonathan Goldstein
A Historian of Golf Rethinks What's Relevant in History After the Tiger Woods Scandal George B. Kirsch
A Plea for the Employee Free Choice Act Harvey Schwartz
In War, Winners Can Be Losers Lawrence S. Wittner
Looking for a Common Language at Copenhagen Kenneth Weisbrode
Obama, MLK and that Nobel Peace Prize LeeAnna Keith
Rethinking Franklin D. Roosevelt: Getting Past the Gospel According to Bruenn Steven Lomazow
The War Over Jerusalem Daniel Mandel
Vietnam: What War Stories Need to Accomplish Wayne Karlin
We Know the Truth About Sacco and Vanzetti Richard Newby
What We Can Learn By Studying the Lives of the Jews Who Went to Palestine in the 1920s Donna Robinson Divine
Week of December 14, 2009
The Moderometer: Charting Obama’s Zig-Zag, October 13 to December 1 Gil Troy with Theodoric Meyer
65 Years Later: The Malmedy Massacre, December 17, 1944 Joseph Cummins
Decoding Dan Brown Simon Cox
Iraq: Your Next Holiday Destination Scott Laderman
Obama and the Democrats Need to Confront the Deficit Monster Iwan Morgan
Slavery and Sectional Strife in the Early American Republic: An Interview with Gary Kornblith Seth Binder
The Leo Frank Case--Now a PBS Documentary Thomas Doherty
The World Turned Inside Out: American Thought and Culture at the End of the 20th Century James Livingston
What More We Can Learn from "On the Waterfront": An Interview with James T. Fisher Rodger D. Citron
Who Lewis Henry Morgan Was and Why We Should Care Daniel Noah Moses
Week of December 7, 2009
Howard Zinn on TV: A Review Brian J. Trautman
John Brown's Dream Jesse J. Gant
What Historians Make of James Bradley's Claims About Teddy Roosevelt's Responsibility for Pearl Harbor Jonathan Tremblay
After Maine: Can Houston Provide a Much-Needed Victory for the Gay Rights Movement? Blake A. Ellis
Fred Hampton, Barack Obama, and the American Urban Poor Simon Balto
How the Vice President Can Serve as the President's Most Unbiased Adviser Joel K. Goldstein
In Praise of “Happy Holidays” Edward T. O'Donnell
Obama and Health Care: Confronted by Critics, Haunted by History Gil Troy
Post-Islamophobia: How Cultural Integration Can Prevent Terrorism and Build Peace Antony Adolf
Teddy Roosevelt's Secret Deal with Japan: An Interview with James Bradley Aaron Leonard
The Neglected Art of Diplomacy Kenneth Weisbrode
The Nixon Quartet Tom Shachtman
Thinking Outside the Box: What Obama Could Have Said Lawrence S. Wittner
Why Homicide Declined in American Cities during the First Six Months of 2009 Randolph Roth
Week of November 30, 2009
Obama’s Contributions to a Dying Empire Francis Shor
The Obama Non-Doctrine Emily S. Rosenberg
Darfur: Time To Let The People Speak Linda Bishai
Were Early Islamic Historians the First to Embrace Post-Modernism? Lesley Hazleton
What After All Do Americans Mean When They Say They Love "Liberty"? David Reynolds
What We Can Learn from a New History of Early Christianity Charles Freeman
What's Modern About the Early Modern Period? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
When Was Taft President? Reflections on a One-Term Presidency Lewis Gould
Will the GOP Find a New Reagan? Derek Catsam
“He Knew How to Die”: John Brown on the Gallows, December 2, 1859 David W. Blight
Week of November 23, 2009
Our Turkish-American Thanksgiving Bird Larry E. Tise
A Morgenthau Legacy Arnold Reisman
Beyond Diversity: The Cosmopolitan Dilemma Jim Cullen
False Atrocity Tales from the War in Vietnam Gary Kulik
How to Get Out of Afghanistan William Polk
Rosy Scenarios and Red Realities: Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and the Deficit Iwan Morgan
Thanksgiving for Truman's Cabinet Committee on Food William Lambers
Thanksgiving Mythology Began with the First Thanksgiving William Loren Katz
The Idea of Communism: An Interview with Tariq Ali Aaron Leonard
What's Grand About the Grand Concourse in the Bronx Constance Rosenblum
When the Advocates of Full Disclosure Go too Far Steve Usdin
Why It Is Time for a Much More Critical History of Human Rights Eric D. Weitz
Why We Need to Make Sure We Know Our Enemies Today as well as We Knew the USSR by the End of the Cold War David C. Engerman
Week of November 16, 2009
Guantanamo, USA: The Untold History of America's Cuban Outpost Stephen Irving Max Schwab
It's Oh So Easy to Forget the Pioneers in Women's Rights Sally G. McMillen
Pathology and Ideology: Major Nidal Malik Hasan and the Case of Leon Czolgosz Evan Matthew Daniel
Secretary Clinton -- Leader or Figurehead? Kenneth Weisbrode
Seeing Red: The Budget Deficit - Past, Present and Future Iwan Morgan
The Bush Pardon Obama Needs to Deal with Jeffrey Crouch
Who's Afraid of World Government? Lawrence S. Wittner
Week of November 9, 2009
Encounters with the History of South Africa Dominique Lapierre
How James Monroe Policies Might Help Obama Triumph over Foreign Foes Harlow Giles Unger
Is Health Care a Human Right? Walter G. Moss
The Civil Rights-Black Power Nexus in African American History Kwasi Konadu
The Marshmallow Center of American Politics in the 21st Century Rich Benjamin
What Is Zionism? Alex Grobman
Why 1808 Marked a Pivotal Moment in US History Lacy Ford
Week of November 2, 2009
20 Years Later: The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Legacy of Erich Honecker Jonathan Tremblay
How the Arabs Manipulate the Media, Israelis and the West Alex Grobman
Keeping Veterans Day Alive Ed Hooper
Reflections on Cambridge Alan MacFarlane
The Cost of Empire Deepak Tripathi
The Role of Turkish Diplomats in Saving Turkish Jews in France: 1940-1944 Arnold Reisman
What Studying the Women in the Founders' Lives Reveals Thomas Fleming
Week of October 26, 2009
A Day of Infamy: November 10, 1975 Alex Grobman
How Ike Can Help Obama’s No Nukes Quest William Lambers
The Appalling Decline of Literacy Among College Graduates William O'Neill
What Savvy Leaders Could Do to Move Toward a Nuclear-Free World (Obama--Are You Listening?) Lawrence S. Wittner
Week of October 19, 2009
A Curtain Call for the Domino Theory? Kenneth Weisbrode
Barack Obama in the Footsteps of James Meredith Frank Lambert
History Handed George W. Bush Greatness on a Platter, but He Kicked It Aside John Edward Philips
The Moderometer: Charting Obama's Zig-Zag, September 28 to October 12 Gil Troy, with Theodoric Meyer
The Woman Who Attempted to Etch Herself into the History of the Cuban Revolution Katrina Gulliver
Weimar America Steve Hochstadt
Why It's Time to Write Wives into the Story of the Civil War Carol Berkin
Why We Fear General McChrystal's Counterinsurgency Plan May Be Doomed Joseph Magagnoli and Andrew Enterline
Week of October 12, 2009
Another Nobel Controversy Lawrence S. Wittner
Conquering the Demons from the Holocaust Natan P.F. Kellermann
Happy Birthday ER! Nancy Shear
How the Short, Unruly Life of ‘Ramparts’ Magazine Changed America: An Interview with Peter Richardson Aaron Leonard
Left and Right Against War Murray Polner
Obama, Afghanistan, and American History William O. Walker III
Roman Polanski and the History of “Rape-Rape” in America Heather Munro Prescott
The Unknown Connection between General David Petraeus and Harry Truman Ryan Forman
The “Tea Party” Movement and Its Misuse of History Jeremy Stern
Why Justices of the Supreme Court Make Bad Historians Ken Shear
Week of October 5, 2009
Analogies for War: Vietnam and Afghanistan John Prados
David Underdown: A Selective Retrospective Brian Cowan
Fuzzy Thinking: Obama, Capitalism, and Socialism Walter G. Moss
Misremembering Martin Luther King Simon Balto
The Madhouse of Colonial Williamsburg: An Interview With Shomer Zwelling Priscilla Hart
The Moderometer: Charting Obama's Zig-Zag, September 3 to 27 Gil Troy
The Tyrannical History of Military Tribunals for Civilians Greg Robinson
What Happens to the Papers of Dead Historians? David Liebers
Why The Return To Zion? The Jewish Connection To The Land of Israel Alex Grobman
Week of September 28, 2009
Are We Racing Toward Armageddon? Michael Baigent
Fadeout at the Box Office: The Decline of Movie-going Jim Cullen
Neverland, Nevermore Kirk Bane
The 1990s as History William O'Neill
The New Relevance of Friedrich Engels: An Interview with Tristram Hunt Aaron Leonard
U-Turn at the UN? President Obama Reveals an Unconventional Approach to Troubled World Body Louie Milojevic
Was William Calley a Scapegoat? Gary Kulik
When the Rabbis Marched on Washington Alex Grobman
Week of September 21, 2009
A Young Palestinian’s Diary Kimberly Katz
California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963: An Interview With Kevin Starr Aaron Leonard
Have You Used an iPhone History App? David Walsh
Keeping Israel On The Defensive As Long As Possible With Lie After Lie Alex Grobman
The Weakness of National Military Strength Lawrence S. Wittner
Tweeting History Christine Kelly
Why Can't We Do Something to End Hunger? We Can. William Lambers
Woman, Man, Neither? The Predicament of a World-Class Runner Elizabeth Reis
Week of September 14, 2009
Shouting Conservatives and Whining Liberals Leo P. Ribuffo
Is There Something in the Water in South Carolina? Steven Conn
Judging Henry Hudson Peter Mancall
Norman Borlaug's Complicated Legacy Nick Cullather
Thank You, Joe Wilson Steve Hochstadt
The Amazin’ Mets: Baseball and the Amazing Summer of 1969 Ron Briley
Walden Woods Was a Black Space Before It Was a Green Space Elise Lemire
Was Henry Hudson a Spy? Douglas Hunter
Who is Betsy McCaughey? Thomas Padilla
Why It's Time to Face the Hard Truths Embraced by George Washington Ashley Wayne Cruseturner
Why Thoreau Is Still Relevant Henry Pelifian
Week of September 7, 2009
Historic Change in Japan? Jonathan Dresner
Can Obama's Big Speech Really Turn Public Opinion Around? George C. Edwards III
How Did Men End Up in the Delivery Room? Judith Walzer Leavitt
Is Anyone Listening to What The Arabs Are Saying About Israel? Alex Grobman
Is Obama Too Cerebral? Walter G. Moss
Leave the Medal of Honor Alone! Ed Hooper
So Is Health Care for All Really Un-American? Ben Mutschler
The American Revolutionary War Hero U.S. Historians Have Ignored Alex Storozynski
The Moderometer: Charting Obama's Zig-Zag, August 19 to September 2 Gil Troy
The Phoenix Program Was a Disaster in Vietnam and Would Be in Afghanistan--And the NYT Should Know that Jeremy Kuzmarov
To Kindle or Not to Kindle Jim Cullen
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