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History Being Talked About

History People Are Talking About Archives 5-26-03 to 7-16-03

  • A Strained Monticello Reunion

  • All Roads at Monticello Lead Back to Elizabeth Hemings

  • William Safire: Truman's Diary

  • Mel Gibson: His Movie About Christ's Crucifixion

  • Did Philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer Benefit from his Nazi Connections?

  • The New Park Celebrating Liberty in Philadelphia

  • The Myths and Myopia of Lewis and Clark

  • Is It Time to Revise the Reputation of Cecil Rhodes?

  • Is the American Revolution All It's Cracked Up to Be?

  • Is the French Revolution Unfairly Maligned?

  • New Documents Confirm Israel's Account of the Sinking of the USS Liberty

  • Putting History Back into the History of Philosophy

  • Simon Schama's Documentary:"Murder at Harvard"

  • Manumission Day in New York

  • Is the Sun Rising on the British Empire?

  • Does America Have Attention Deficit Disorder?

  • Guatemala: A Success?

  • Did the Louisiana Purchase Spell the End to Jeffersonian America?

  • A Nation United by What Exactly?

  • New Theory Claims to Solve the Riddle of Stonehenge

  • Richard Brookhiser: In Praise of Gouverneur