HNN Rundowns

Weeks of August 19 & 26, 2013

Special: End of Summer Edition 

Week of August 12, 2013

Up Front Pauline Maier, Distinguished Historian of the American Revolution, Dies at 75HNN StaffProfessor Maier was a pioneer in her field and taught at MIT for nearly thirty-five years.

Week of August 5, 2013

Up FrontWhere's That Simon & Schuster Edition of The Jefferson Lies David Barton's Been Promising?Chris RoddaEver since Thomas Nelson pulled the book a year ago, Barton's claimed that Simon & Schuster will publish it. So where's the beef?

Week of July 29, 2013

Up FrontReport: Adjunct Historians Very Much at Bottom of the BarrelDavid Austin WalshA new OAH report shows that adjunct historians face low pay, poor working conditions, and less chance of gaining a full-time, tenure-track position than counterparts in business and the sciences.

Week of July 22, 2013

Up FrontOAH: Daniels/Zinn Controversy a "Teachable Moment"David Austin WalshThe Indiana-based organization releases a statement on former guv. Mitch Daniels' attempts to ban Howard Zinn's books from the classroom.

Week of July 15, 2013

Up FrontStop Thinking of Only the "Arab World"Bassam S. HaddadTo truly understand the so-called Arab Spring, look to each revolution on a case-by-case basis.

Week of July 8, 2013

Up Front Announcing "Revolutionary Moments": A Group BlogJack Censer, Bassam K. Haddad, and Peter K. StearnsWith the world once again filled with anticipation and dread of revolution, it is reasonable to examine what our predecessors experienced.

Week of July 1, 2013

Up FrontWhy Doesn't D.C. Have a Military Parade on the Fourth of July?David Austin WalshBecause Independence Day has always been less about patriotism and more about festivities.

Week of June 24, 2013

Up FrontDon't Just Laugh Off Scalia as a BigotIra Chernus's MythicAmericaThe essence of his objection to the DOMA ruling is to conserve the old so we can avoid the uncertainty of the new. He's still wrong, though.

Week of June 17, 2013

Up Front1964 Report: Humanities "Equipped to Fill the 'Abyss of Leisure'" Made Possible by Forty-Hour WorkweekDavid Austin WalshA new report on the humanities makes rather different arguments than the one from fifty years ago.

Week of June 10, 2013

Up FrontYes, PRISM Really is a Big DealJohn PradosPRISM is the result of a lack of anything approaching the proper oversight of intelligence programs.

Week of June 3, 2013

Up FrontWhy MOOCs are Like the Music IndustryAlex Sayf CummingsMusic and MOOCs are both horizontal. That's not necessarily a good thing.

Week of May 27, 2013

News at HomeThe Ten Biggest Economic Policy Mistakes from the Depression to the RecessionIwan MorganFDR, Ike, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, Reagan -- they all made bad economic calls.

Week of May 20, 2013

Up FrontThe Real Story of the MS St. Louis Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman Critics say FDR condemned nearly 1,000 Jews to death by turning them away from American ports, but the reality is quite different.

Week of May 13, 2013

News at HomeThe Tea Party Isn't ConservativeChristopher S. ParkerIt's the latest manifestation of the pseudo-conservative paranoid style in American politics. And here's the statistical proof.

Week of May 6, 2013

Up FrontThe Politics of Mother's DayRebecca Jo PlantThe originator of Mother's Day would be appalled by the commercialization of a "holy" day.

Week of April 29, 2013

Up FrontAmerican Heritage Magazine Temporarily Suspends PublicationDavid Austin WalshThe publisher is retooling the organization to focus on education.

Week of April 22, 2013

Up FrontHistorians Still Despise George W. BushDavid Austin WalshA new HNN poll shows that the former president remains a failure in the eyes of historians.

Week of April 15, 2013

On Topic: Boston Marathon BombingFarewell Lu Lingzi 吕令子Andrew MeyerLu Lingzi was a member of our American family.

Week of April 8, 2013

Up Front: OAH Annual MeetingHighlights from the 2013 OAH Annual Meeting, Day 3David Austin Walsh