Week of July 16, 2012
Up Front
 Obama’s Killing Problem -- Or Ours? Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica |
 David Barton's The Jefferson Lies Voted the Least Credible History Book in Print |
 The War on Drugs and the Wars on Mexico Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica |
Blogs
 Still Waiting... Josh Brown's Life During Wartime |
 Slavery and “Big Government”: The Emancipation Proclamation’s Lessons 150 Years Later Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica |
News at Home
 New Scandals Show the Financial System Needs Repair Robert Brent Toplin |
News Abroad
 Channelling George Washington: The End of China's New Class Thomas Fleming |
Historians & History
 The Space Needle at Fifty -- Historian and Writer Knute Berger on His History of the Seattle Landmark Robin Lindley |
 Don't Listen to the Naysayers -- The New Deal Helped to End the Depression Anthony D'Agostino |
 The Rise of the Nazis, and Other Absurdities in Politics Jerome Braun |
 Clinton's Laos Visit is an Opportunity to Shed Light on the Devastation of Vietnam Jeremy Kuzmarov |
Culture Watch
 A Graphic Musical Look at the History of Military Rule in Africa Bruce Chadwick |
 History Explodes in World War I and the Middle East at New York Theater Festival Bruce Chadwick |
 Happy Birthday, Woody! Ron Briley |
Education
 Education Under Siege Caroline V. Hamilton |
Books
 Review of Eric Alterman's and Kevin Mattson's The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama Robert Parmet |
 Review of Robert Draper's Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives Jim Cullen |