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Counter-Terrorism Beyond Platitudes by Max Boot Why we can’t just go in and defeat our enemies today like we did in World War 2.

No, Trump Won’t Be Another Hitler by Adam Mala For one thing, it is hard to envision how a man of almost 70 who spent his entire life working in the private sector could be a Hitler due to his age. History shows that becoming a despot is a young(ish) man’s game.

The Black Spies in a Confederate White House by Christopher Dickey How a secret intelligence network successfully spied on Confederate leader Jefferson Davis in his own home.

Why It Took More Than 50 Years for U.S.–Cuba Relations to Thaw by Fred Kaplan Fidel charmed Americans in a 1959 visit, but U.S.­–Cuba relations were always doomed.

The Zionists Censor a Textbook - An Analysis by Lawrence Davidson Why did McGraw-Hill cave?

How Can Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Both Be ‘Populist’? by Michael Kazin Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders share an upbringing in New York’s outer boroughs and a repugnance for trade deals, but the similarities pretty much end there.

The strange, short career of Judeo-Christianity by Gene Zubovich Defenders of Judeo-Christianity believe that they are invoking timeless principles. In fact, Judeo-Christianity is a very recent invention.

How the Grand Canyon changed our ideas of natural beauty by Stephen Pyne Few sights are as instantly recognizable, and few sites speak more fully to American nationalism. Standing on the South Rim in 1903, President Teddy Roosevelt proclaimed it “one of the great sights every American should see.”

As Putin Zaps Lenin, Lavrov Hurriedly Rewrites History by Alexei Sobchenko History is malleable in Russia. There is hardly any other country in the world whose national history was so utterly and repeatedly rewritten during the last hundred years.

America May Never Have Another New Deal by Jefferson Cowie Why FDR’s massive reforms probably won’t be repeated.