Week of December 16, 2013
 | #1 The History and Lessons of Congressional Crises What does the past suggest about how Congress responds to breaks in its norms? NEW YORK TIMES |
 | #2 Five Myths About the Future of Obamacare There are a lot of myths and half-truths about "policy entrenchment." WASHINGTON POST |
 | #3 The Great War’s Ominous Echoes Could it happen again? NEW YORK TIMES |
 | #4 Pope Francis and the End of the Religious Right? The pope is saying it is time for a new kind of political conversation. HUFFINGTON POST |
.jpg) | #5 Jesus, Santa, and Now "Sound of Music's" Mother Abbess? The controversy over NBC's live remake of "The Sound of Music," starring black actress Audra McDonald as the Mother Abbess. RELIGION DISPATCHES |
 | #6 The More Things Change... A blast from the past, as a New York Times letter to the editor from 1970 on surveillance resonates remarkably well today. HISTORY NEWS NETWORK |
 | #7 Who Ain't a Slave? Historical fact and the fiction of 'Benito Cereno.' CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION |
 | #8 Spinning Desert Storm: TV Coverage of a Pentagon Production The view from 1991. CONTRARY PERSPECTIVE |
 | #9 Saving Reagan's Legacy On the misuse of Reagan nostalgia. THE HILL |
 | #10 On the 76th Anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre Sirens sound around this Chinese city as the last few eyewitnesses of a massacre gather. HUFFINGTON POST |