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Gun-rights advocates are right that violent films encourage school shootings. They’re wrong about how. by Matthew Christopher Hulbert The problem isn't the violence — it's the celebration of gun culture.

Why Are Conservatives So Obsessed With Gun Rights Anyway? by John Ehrenreich Belief in gun rights hasn’t always been a conservative ideology. Psychology helps explain how it took off.

Realistic Ambitions by Michael Kazin Can today’s liberals hope to match the achievements of LBJ’s presidency?

The lesson of Rosenstrasse at 75 by Nathan Stoltzfus and Mordecai Paldiel German wives who protested attacks on their Jewish husbands in 1943 show that even authoritarians like Hitler can be influenced by mass action.

How the devastating 1918 flu pandemic helped advance US women’s rights by Christine Crudo Blackburn, Gerald W. Parker and Morten Wendelbo By disproportionately affecting young men, the virus, in combination with World War I, created a shortage of labor – filled by women.

When Emancipation Finally Came, Slave Markets Took on a Redemptive Purpose by Jonathan W. White During the Civil War, the jails that held the enslaved imprisoned Confederate soldiers. After, they became rallying points for a newly empowered community.

If this is what conservatism has become, count me out by Max Boot Principled conservativism continues to exist, primarily at small journals of opinion, but it is increasingly disconnected from the stuff that thrills the masses.

History Trumps Hyperbole by Scot Faulkner The outrage over foreign meddling in America’s political system is justified. Declaring it the worst ever experienced is not.

The NRA Wasn’t Always A Front For Gun Makers by Neil J. Young The NRA operated mostly as a sporting club and hunting association for its first 100 years.

Reagan was the Gipper. Trump is the grifter. by Max Boot During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump acolytes claimed that he was the second coming of Ronald Reagan. A perfectly plausible proposition, if you know nothing about Reagan or Trump.