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Originally published 01/11/2015
Israel’s March 2015 Elections

Lawrence Davidson

There is trepidation in the Zionist ranks over the March 2015 elections for a new Knesset or parliament.

Originally published 10/30/2014
150th Anniversary of Lincoln’s Reelection: How the campaign might have looked in the TV age

What would the 1864 presidential campaign have looked like if Abe Lincoln and Gen. George B. McClellan had used today’s deceptive campaign techniques and video attack ads?

Originally published 11/05/2013
From fertiliser to Zyklon B

Ammonia helped to feed billions, but killed millions.

Originally published 11/05/2013
Here’s How Memes Went Viral — In the 1800s

The Infectious Texts project is mapping virality in nineteenth-century newspapers.

Originally published 11/05/2013
Forbidden City builders chose ice sledge over wheels

Chinese engineers used an ice road to drag stones to build the Forbidden City.

Originally published 11/05/2013
Ranks of Holocaust survivors shrinking at Chicago retirement home

In its heyday, the Selfhelp Home bustled with refugees.

Originally published 11/05/2013
Civil War topics part of D.C. history conference

The 40th Annual Historical Studies Conference meets Nov. 14 thru 17.

Originally published 11/05/2013
‘The Pike,’ a biography of Italian fascist D’Annunzio, wins Samuel Johnson Prize in nonfiction

Lucy Hughes-Hallett will be awarded $32,000.

Originally published 11/05/2013
Finding Life After Academia — and Not Feeling Bad About It

The Times profiles the Versatile PhD.

Originally published 11/05/2013
Rethinking German Pacifism

Jochen Bittner

Has Europe’s strongest nation really chosen to become the world’s biggest Switzerland?

Originally published 11/05/2013
The Decline of the Tea Party

Bruce Bartlett

There are signs of a pushback.

Originally published 11/04/2013
Solved: The Mystery of King Tutankhamun's Death

Crash injuries suggest he was the first of the boy racers

Originally published 11/04/2013
Report of Nazi-Looted Trove Puts Art World in an Uproar

Authorities found an apartment building hiding 1,500 works of art confiscated under the Nazi regime in Munich.

Originally published 11/04/2013
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Originally published 11/04/2013
In NYC's Election, a Learning Curve, Not a Pendulum Swing

Jim Sleeper

Bill de Blaiso's election is NOT a throwback to the "rainbow" coalition.

Originally published 11/04/2013
Prepare to Welcome Our Troops Home from Afghanistan

Vaughn Davis Bornet

America's longest war will soon be over.

Originally published 09/24/2013
Longtime history prof Lacey Baldwin Smith remembered as 'brilliant,' 'extraordinarily generous'

Smith was 90 years old.

Originally published 08/15/2013
How Harold Washington, Against the Odds, Became the First Black Mayor of Chicago

Bill Zimmerman and Marilyn Katz

And lessons for aspiring underdog political candidates today.

Originally published 06/16/2013
Top Ten Conclusions from Iran’s Election

Juan Cole

Those who believed that Khamenei would try to fix this election for Jalili as he is accused by the Green ovement of doing four years ago were mistaken.

Originally published 01/22/2013
Robert O. Self: Have We Reached a Political Realignment Yet?

Robert O. Self is a professor of history at Brown and the author, most recently, of “All in the Family: The Realignment of American Democracy Since the 1960s.”BARACK OBAMA has arrived at a historical moment enjoyed by only one other Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt: he gets to deliver a second Inaugural Address.The second inaugurals we remember bear witness to political realignment. The words of Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, in particular, testify to the closing of one era and the opening of another. In 1936 and 1984, Roosevelt and Reagan each won big. Their triumphs consolidated political transformations that had been building for some time and allowed their respective parties to reset the nation’s political center of gravity.Without the benefit of historical distance, how do we judge whether we are in the midst of such a realignment? Are the country’s deepest political instincts undergoing fundamental change? Coming up with an answer is not easy....

Originally published 12/04/2016
The American Who Buried a Kamikaze Enemy 

Gil Troy

In April of 1945, Captain William Callaghan and the USS Missouri were attacked by a kamikaze pilot intent on destroying all on board. His attack failed, and Callaghan stood up to his men to bury the enemy.

Originally published 11/14/2016
Burying the Hatchet. Literally.

Gil Troy

Gracious concessions, even if insincere, also legitimize the results and our democracy.

Originally published 11/14/2016
What Happened on Election Day: The Example of Ronald Reagan

Gil Troy

Reagan used the transition period to heal wounds while claiming a broad policy mandate, despite winning only 50.7 percent of the popular vote.

Originally published 11/07/2016
2016 In Context: An Election Night Rx for PTSD (Pre-Trump-Clinton-Election Stress Disorder)

Gil Troy

It is time to start thinking about the day after and how to heal the country.

Originally published 11/04/2016
2016 In Context: The Peeping Tom – and Tammy – Election

Gil Troy

Our age of electronic voyeurism has created a nation of Peeping Toms and Tammys.

Originally published 11/03/2016
2016 In Context: Understanding "Clintipathy" ... A Pathological Hatred of the Clintons

Gil Troy

One part totally rational; one part sexist and unfair.

Originally published 11/02/2016
2016 In Context: Donald Trump's Best - And Worst - Moments in Public Service

Gil Troy

Having looked back at the 1990s, listing the ten best and ten worst Clinton moments in public service, let's look at Hillary Clinton's rival, Donald Trump through a similar lens.

Originally published 11/01/2016
2016 In Context: 10 Clinton Moments to Remember

Gil Troy

Best moments of Clinton's presidency, as described in The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s.

Originally published 10/28/2016
2016 in Context: 10 Clinton Moments We Wish We Could Forget

Gil Troy

As Hillary Clinton runs for president, she should resurrect her husband's centrism, but no one wants a rerun - especially of these low points of Bill Clinton's presidency.

Originally published 10/27/2016
2016 In Context: The Boomers' Civil War Continues with 2016

Gil Troy

In many ways, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are Borderline candidates, flouting rules, juggling identities, shifting moods.

Originally published 10/25/2016
2016 In Context: In this Crazy Election, Most American Jews Are Acting Normal

Gil Troy

After Election Day, responsible leaders from both parties must denounce the hatred unleashed – against Jews and others – as part of the healing America desperately needs following this ugly, tumultuous campaign.

Originally published 10/24/2016
2016 In Context: The Rhino Who Won an Election by a Landslide

Gil Troy

With two of the most unpopular candidates ever, many voters are weighing a protest vote or staying home. Citizens of São Paulo once took a different approach—and elected an animal.

Originally published 10/23/2016
Hillary Clinton Should Embrace Her Centrism

Gil Troy

2016 In Context

Originally published 10/21/2016
Donald Trump Resurrects Hooverism - a disastrous Republican strategy

Gil Troy

2016 In Context

Originally published 10/20/2016
The Candidates are uninspiring but not the most corrupt - by far

Gil Troy

2016 In Context

Originally published 10/19/2016
How Bill Clinton's Presidency Spawned Donald Trump's Candidacy

Gil Troy

2016 In Context

Originally published 10/18/2016
In Praise of Abandoning Your Party

Gil Troy

Trump calls GOP defectors 'disloyal.' But the Founders would approve.

Originally published 06/24/2014
Immigration and Mindless Partisanship

Liberty and Power

About two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Obama’s immigration policies. The polling reveals extreme partisanship: 60% of Democrats and 8% of Republicans approve of the president’s approach.

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