Week of January 13, 2014
 |
#1
Why the "War on Poverty" Isn't Over And why it was actually a remarkable success. CNN |
 |
#2 The Heroes of 1989 There never was a dull moment in 1989 for fans of democracy and popular protest, twenty-five years ago. BOSTON GLOBE |
 |
#3
Was Harry Truman a Zionist? Harry Truman's concerns about Israel and Palestine were prescient—and forgotten. THE NEW REPUBLIC |
 |
#4 Japan's Resurgent Nationalism Shinzo Abe is a right-wing nationalist who wants to revive Japan as a "normal" military power. He has been brusque in his rhetoric and his actions. HUFFINGTON POST |
 |
#5 The ASA's Next Boycott! An only slightly tongue-in-cheek parody of the ASA. SANDBOX (BLOG) |
 |
#6
How to End Lead Wars in America Lead poisoning must come to an end -- at least in San Francisco. HUFFINGTON POST |
 |
#7 Our Politics May Be Polarized. But That’s Nothing New. Political science provides an answer. DEUTSCHE WELLE |
 |
#8 For India's Sikhs Amritsar Casts a Long Shadow India's politics bears the scars of the 1984 Golden Temple massacre – whether or not Britain had a role. THE GUARDIAN |
 |
#9
Generations a Slave: Unlawful Bondage and Charles Carroll of Carrollton A half century before, in the courts of the neighboring Upper South state of Maryland, Charles Mahoney successfully challenged the legality of his enslavement. NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
 |
#10 The Israel Double Standard The prejudice against Israel in diplomatic matters is as troubling as more crude bigotry against Jews. NATIONAL REVIEW |