Week of August 12, 2013
Up Front
 Pauline Maier, Distinguished Historian of the American Revolution, Dies at 75HNN Staff Professor Maier was a pioneer in her field and taught at MIT for nearly thirty-five years. Tags: historians, MIT, obituaries, Pauline Maier |
News at Home
 African American Voters Need to Channel Their Power in State ElectionsRawn James, Jr. Sure, there's a black president, but the average voter is more affected by his/her state government. Tags: African Americans, voting rights, states' rights, George Zimmerman |
 Hey, Reince, Lay Off NBC and CNN for the Hillary MoviesRobert Brent Toplin Remember that the original Republican Party platform contained the words "free speech." Tags: 2016 election, CNN, GOP, Hillary Clinton, NBC, Reince Priebus |
News Abroad
 Revolutionary Disillusionment, from 1789 to 2013Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall Like the French abbot Henri Grégoire, Arab intellectuals are becoming disenchanted with their revolutions. Tags: Arab Spring, disillusionment, French Revolution, Henri Grégoire |
Historians & History
 Diana West's "American Betrayal" is McCarthy on SteroidsRon Radosh The new book by the political commentator peddles in conspiracy theories. Tags: book reviews, conspiracy theories, Diana West, McCarthyism |
 United States ≠ Soviet Union ≠ Nazi GermanyJeffrey Herf An argument for the complexity of historical understanding of World War II (and a rebuttal to Diana West). Tags: Diana West, Ron Radosh, Cold War, World War II, FDR |
 Zinn and Daniels Both Guilty of Sacrificing Nuance to PoliticsSam Wineburg Both the historian and the former governor came to their conclusions before even speaking. Tags: A People's History, Howard Zinn, Mitch Daniels, Sam Wineburg |
 Why (and How) FDR Ran for a Third TermRichard Moe FDR was so mercurial, not even Eleanor knew his intentions in 1940. Tags: 1940, FDR, presidential elections, third term, World War II |
 Where's That Simon & Schuster Edition of The Jefferson Lies David Barton's Been Promising?Chris Rodda Ever since Thomas Nelson pulled the book a year ago, Barton's claimed that Simon & Schuster will publish it. So where's the beef? Tags: David Barton, Jefferson Lies, Simon & Schuster, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Nelson |
Culture Watch
 1924 Leopold and Loeb Case: Murder Mania ReturnsBruce Chadwick Chicago's favorite "perfect" criminals. Tags: Leopold and Loeb, plays, theater, culture |
Books
 Review of Glenn Frankel's The SearchersRon Briley The Seachers is the iconic Western: former Washington Post writer Glenn Frankel explores the true history behind the story. Tags: Hollywood, John Ford, John Wayne, The Searchers |
 Review of William J. Reese's Testing Wars in the Public SchoolsLuther Spoehr Standardized testing has been a lightning rod of controversy since it was first instituted in Boston schools in 1845. Tags: book reviews, Testing Wars in the Public Schools, William J. Reese |