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Up Front
 HNN Hot Topics: Hugo Chavez, 1954-2013Tags: Hot Topics, Hugo Chavez, in memoriam, obituaries |
 Congress Needs to Lead on the Budget, Not the PresidentRaymond Smock The president does not (and should not) have the power of the purse. Tags: Barack Obama, Congress, John Boehner, sequestration |
 HNN Hot Topics: Women's History Month Tags: feminism, gender, Hot Topics, women, Women's History Month |
News at Home
 Senator Cruz, You're No James MadisonJohn Willingham A look at Ted Cruz's Princeton thesis on the Ninth and Tenth Amendments. Tags: Republican Party, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, The Federalist Papers |
 In Defense of Our Do-Nothing CongressKyle Scott Blocking the will of the majority is a fundamental feature of the U.S. constitutional system. Tags: Constitution, John C. Calhoun, minority rights, tyranny of the majority |
 Thomas Jefferson's Radical Plan to Avert the Fiscal CliffDennis Gaffney Cut the military budget, but do it smartly. Tags: fiscal cliff, sequestration, budget, debt |
 His Meaning Was Clear . . .Josh Brown's Life During Wartime Drawing an X on the Voting Rights Act. Tags: equal rights, Antonin Scalia, Voting Rights Act, civil rights |
 Climate Change as History's Deal-BreakerTom Engelhardt Why was the February 17 protest against the Keystone XL Pipeline in D.C. so small? Tags: climate change, Keystone XL Pipeline, organizing, activism |
News Abroad
 “Yellow Peril” Morphs into Chinese BorgIra Chernus's MythicAmerica Resistance is Fu-tile. Tags: China, yellow peril, Star Trek, hackers |
 U.S. Aid to Syria’s Revolution Could Go to JihadistsWalid Phares John Kerry's proposal to give $60 million to the Syrian Opposition Council could backfire horribly. Tags: Al Qaeda, foreign aid, John Kerry, Syria |
Historians & History
 The Strange Saga of Lincoln Assassination Co-Conspirator John SurratDavid O. Stewart His mother was hanged for his crimes while he fled to the Vatican. Tags: John Surrat, John Wilkes Booth, popes, Vatican |
 Well Done, Brother Herb ShapiroStaughton Lynd Remembering the distinguished academic and activist Herbert Shapiro. Tags: in memoriam, scholarship, Herbert Shapiro, obituaries |
Culture Watch
 Two Chinese on a Mountain...Bruce Chadwick ...and that's all there is in the disappointing The Dance and the Railroad. Tags: The Dance and the Railroad, Signatory Theater, Chinese Americans, theater reviews |
Books
 Review of Lawrence R. Samuel's The American DreamJim Cullen A useful, but profoundly troubling book, written more for personal branding than scholarship. Tags: Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Lawrence Samuel, Reviews in History (UK), The American Dream |
 Review of James M. Banner Jr.'s Being a HistorianJim Cullen History as a discipline will survive the ongoing seismic changes, but will it survive as a profession? Tags: Ethical Culture Fieldston School, historiography, history professoriate, James M. Banner |
2013-02-27 17:31
Up Front
| HNN Hot Topics: Women's History Month Tags: feminism, gender, Hot Topics, women, Women's History Month |
 Which Other Popes Have Resigned?David Austin Walsh At least three -- and possibly five -- pontiffs have resigned; the most recent was six hundred years ago. Tags: Benedict XVI, Catholicism, papacy, papal resignation |
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HNN Special: Vietnam
 Review of Nick Turse's Kill Anything That MovesAlfred W. McCoy Every single U.S. unit that served in Vietnam was guilty of war crimes. Tags: atrocities, Nick Turse, Vietnam War, war crimes |
 "I Begged for Them to Stop"Nick Turse Waterboarding Americans and the redefinition of torture. Tags: war crimes, war on terror, water torture, waterboarding |
Blogs
 Is Health Care Too Expensive?Steve Hochstadt Maybe it's not that doctors are overpaid, it's that nurses are underpaid. Tags: doctors, health care, medicine, Obamacare |
 Austerity Doesn't Work, and Neither Will YouIwan Morgan In an era of anemic growth and perennially high unemployment, policymakers aren't adapting to the circumstances. Tags: austerity, economic growth, economic history, Great Depression |
News at Home
 GOP Leaders are Playing Chicken with the American EconomyRobert Brent Toplin It's a game they've been playing for years. Tags: conservatism, debt, Republican Party, sequestration |
 You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (Or Have You?)Ruth Rosen The women’s movement in the next half-century. Tags: Betty Friedan, Feminine Mystique, feminism, sexual violence |
Historians & History
 On Creating a Groundbreaking Historical NovelRobin Lindley French author Laurent Binet on HHhH and the death of Reinhard Heydrich. Tags: HHhH, historical fiction, interviews, Laurent Binet |
 War is a Dirty BusinessWilliam J. Astore It's best if we don't rush to embrace it. Tags: World War II, Vietnam War, training, media |
Culture Watch
 Downton Abbey at Inverary: A History of Scotland's Most English CastleJonathan Gross There's plenty of real history in the third season finale of the acclaimed series (no spoilers!). Tags: Downton Abbey, Inverary Castle, landed gentry, nobility |
 Dr. Zhivago Makes an Angry House CallBruce Chadwick Scott C. Sickles’s Lightning from Heaven tells the story of the real-life Lara. Tags: Boris Pasternak, Dr. Zhivago, Lightning from Heaven, theater reviews |
 Is a House a Home in the Segregated 1950s?Bruce Chadwick Luck of the Irish is a solid look at Boston's racist history. Tags: Boston, Luck of the Irish, segregation, theater reviews |
Books
 Review of Sam Roberts's Grand CentralMurray Polner Did the station actually transform all of America? Tags: book reviews, Grand Central, railroads, Sam Roberts |
2013-02-24 17:28
Blogs
 The "War on Terror": A Ticking Time Bomb |
 Why Gender Equality StalledStephanie Coontz The main barriers today are not social, but economic. Tags: Betty Friedan, Feminine Mystique, feminism, NYT |
News at Home
 Where Have All the Real Conservatives Gone?Scot Faulkner and Jonathan Riehl Conservatives could boast of Bill Buckley and Russell Kirk as intellectual leaders; now it's Dick Morris and Sean Hannity. Tags: conservatism, Republican Party, Russell Kirk, William F. Buckley |
 Social Security: A Right or a Privilege?Eric Laursen Or, how to undermine the welfare state. Tags: nation-building, rights, Social Security Act, welfare |
News Abroad
 Washington Tortures Everywhere ... Except Latin AmericaGreg Grandin The continent seems to have learned from the terror of the CIA-backed Pinochet. Tags: Latin America, Pinochet, torture, war on terror |
 Even the Israeli Center is RacistNeve Gordon Centrist party Yesh Atid justifies the two-state solution because of the "Palestinian demographic threat." Tags: Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Yair Lapid, Yesh Atid |
 Ordering Off the Menu in China DebatesJeffrey Wasserstrom China is facing neither imminent collapse nor hyperpower status. Tags: Gordon G. Chang, Martin Jacques, Mo Yan, Xi Jinping |
 Russia's Other Meteor ExplosionsDavid Austin Walsh In 1908 and again in 1947, meteors detonated high above the Siberian taiga. Tags: meteorites, Russia, Sikhote-Alin meteorite, Tunguska event |
Historians & History
 The Afterlife of the British EmpireRobin Lindley Interview with Jordanna Bailkin on the end of the British Empire and the beginning of the British welfare state. Tags: Africa, British Empire, welfare state, postcolonialism |
Culture Watch
 The Ten Best Lincoln Moments in Film HistoryThomas Doherty From Henry Fonda and Raymond Massey to Nick Cage's weird obsession with Abe, for this Oscar season Tom Doherty selects the highlights of Lincoln on celluloid. Tags: Abraham Lincoln, film history, Hollywood, movies |
 A Mediocre Evening with Sir Isaac NewtonBruce Chadwick Isaac's Eye can't surmount poor writing and a miscast lead. Tags: Isaac Newton, Isaac's Eye, plays, theater reviews |
Books
 Review of Robert Sullivan's My American RevolutionLuther Spoehr A delightfully eccentric travelogue of the Revolutionary War. Tags: book reviews, My American Revolution, Robert Sullivan, American Revolution |
 Review of Richard Lingeman's The Noir FortiesRon Briley A solid cultural history of post-World War II America, filtered through the lens of Hollywood. Tags: 1940s, book reviews, movies, Hollywood |
2013-02-06 12:52
Blogs
 The Feminine Mystique 50 Years On [NYT Video Debate]Stephanie Coontz Discussing the anniversary of the seminal work with columnist Gail Collins. |
 The Boy Scouts Shouldn't Force Every Troop to Admit GaysSteve Hochstadt Nor should they force every troop to ban gays -- each troop should make its own decision. |
 The State of the Union and the State of the "Homeland"Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica Why the hit TV show is better theater than President Obama. |
 Ed Koch, Pat Moynihan, and the Politics of Patriotic IndignationGil Troy Sometimes anger is the rational response to challenges -- and can certainly pay off politically. |
News at Home
 Fracking Could Release Radiation from Old Nuclear TestsScott Kaufman The potentially deadly legacy of "peaceful nuclear explosions." |
 Why Philanthropy MattersZoltan J. Acs It's what invigorates American-style capitalism. |
News Abroad
| Which Other Popes Have Resigned? David Austin Walsh At least three -- and possibly five -- pontiffs have resigned; the most recent was six hundred years ago. |
 The Next Pope: What Happens Now?Charles Keenan There are currently 118 cardinals eligible to vote for the new pope -- the Vatican predicts an election in time for Easter |
 Will Washington Ever Learn from Its Past Mistakes? Not Likely.Tom Engelhardt Why the CIA's drone base in Saudi Arabia is a very bad idea. |
 Is Turkey Leaving the West?Daniel Pipes All signs point to yes. |
Historians & History
 Picturing James Baldwin in ExileRobin Lindley An interview with photographer and Baldwin confidante Sedat Pakay. |
 In Memoriam: Alfred F. YoungGary B. Nash He was one of the pioneers in bottom-up history. |
 Confronting the Ugly Truth about America's Dirty War in VietnamWilliam J. Astore A Vietnam memorial dedicated to civilian casualties would require fifty walls. |
Culture Watch
 Let's Put a Smile on that FaceBruce Chadwick A trip back in cinematic history with The Man Who Laughs, on stage now in New York. |
Books
 Review of Marjorie Heins’s Priests of Our DemocracyAndrew Feffer A sobering reminder that challenges to academic freedom can come from within the academy. |
 Review of Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin Jr.'s Black Against EmpireJeremy Kuzmarov A new work that contextualizes the Panthers as anti-imperialists. |
2013-02-04 13:45
