Week of May 27, 2013
News at Home
 The Ten Biggest Economic Policy Mistakes from the Depression to the RecessionIwan Morgan FDR, Ike, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, Reagan -- they all made bad economic calls. Tags: economic history, Great Depression, Great Recession, policy |
 Is Colorado's Institution for the Homeless Willowbrook Redux?Alison Bateman-House Colorado should remember New York's Willowbrook State School, an institution for the mentally handicapped that became a hellhole. Tags: Willowbrook, mental health, medicine, homelessness |
 The Right to PrivacySteve Hochstadt No man is an island -- certainly not anymore. Tags: privacy, rights, Facebook, Big Data |
News Abroad
 How We Name Our Wars MattersAndrew J. Bacevich From the Civil War/War of Northern Aggression to The Long War/War for the Greater Middle East, the names of our wars determine how we perceive them. Tags: etymology, TomDispatch, war on terror, wars |
 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Obama's Terrorism SpeechJuan Cole Obama recognizes the dangers of perpetual war, but he's still committed to waging it. Tags: Barack Obama, war on terror, drones, National Defense University |
 Women and the Language of Peace ProtestRuth Rosen Women once protested wars as mothers. Now women protest wars as people. Tags: gender, peace movement, women, women's rights |
 Efrain Rios Montt Will Still Face Justice -- and So Should Henry KissingerVan Gosse Justice for all victims of genocide and war crimes. Tags: genocide, Guatemala, Henry Kissinger, war crimes |
Historians & History
 America's First Political Dirty TrickHarold Holzer New York Democrats smeared the GOP with charges of "miscegenation." Tags: 1864, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, dirty tricks, |
 Why Students Should Stop Interviewing Vietnam VeteransJerry Lembcke The actual war experience of many vets is negligible. Tags: myths, peace movement, veterans, Vietnam |
 The Brutal War on Vietnamese Civilians: Interview with Nick TurseRobin Lindley Historian and author Nick Turse talks about his study of U.S. atrocities in Vietnam Tags: atrocities, Nick Turse, Vietnam War, war crimes |
 Meet Richard Whitney, Wall Street's 1930s Version of Bernie MadoffMalcolm Mackay Whitney's million-dollar fraud put him in Sing-Sing. Tags: Bernie Madoff, fraud, Richard Whitney, Wall Street |
 Military History in the Spotlight at Oregon StateSteven McLain Highlights from the launch of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Military and Diplomatic History. Tags: Christopher McKnight Nichols, military history, Oregon State University, Oxford University Press |
 Remembering Elbert B. SmithSenator Tom Harkin Iowa's junior senator pays tribute to the historian who inspired him to go into politics. Tags: E.B. Smith, Iowa, Iowa State University, Tom Harkin |
Culture Watch
 Hooray for BollywoodBruce Chadwick Bunny Berman Presents is a winning look at Indian movie-making magic from the 1950s. Tags: Bollywood, Bunny Berman Presents, plays, theater reviews |
 The Great Gatsby's Historical Razzle-DazzleBruce Chadwick. Go see it, old sport. Tags: The Great Gatsby, films, movies, movie reviews |
Books
 Review of Jeffrey Selingo's College(Un)BoundJim Cullen Enthusiasm for MOOCs meets silence on for-profit institutions. Tags: Jeffrey Selingo, higher education, MOOCs, college |