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The Petraeus Affair

David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell in 2011. Credit: Flickr/U.S. Navy.News For Petraeus, echoes of that other warrior David (11-14-12) Adultery, an ancient crime that remains on many books (11-14-12) The quandary for biographers: get up close, but how personal? (11-13-12) With digital trail, an end to the hushed affair (11-10-12) A short history of spies and their sex scandals (11-9-12) Commentary

HNN Hot Topics: Natural Disasters

Hurricane Sandy from space as it approaches the Atlantic coast of the United States, October 28, 2012. Credit: NASA. Hurricane Sandy Matthew Algeo: Grover Cleveland’s Hurricane (11-1-12) Walter Russell Mead: Nature and Nature’s God (10-31-12) Carl Zimring: How Hurricane Sandy Affected One Historian (i.e. Me) (10-31-12) Q & A

HNN Hot Topics: George McGovern

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HNN Hot Topics: Egypt

Tahrir Square on February 9, 2011, at the height of the protests which toppled strongman Hosni Mubarak. Credit: Flickr/Jonathan Rashad.Related Links HNN Hot Topics: Libya HNN Hot Topics: Arab Spring News Clashes in Egypt Leave Historical Archive in Ruins (12-20-11) Commentary: Historians

HNN Hot Topics: Libya

Rebel fighters at positions outside Brega, Libya, show their support for the opposition and their enthusiastic belief that they will overthrow the government in Tripoli, March 10, 2011. Credit: Voice of America.Related Links HNN Hot Topics: Egypt HNN Hot Topics: Arab Spring News

HNN Hot Topics: Election 2012

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HNN Hot Topics: Barack Obama: 2012 Election

Barack Obama preparing for a press conference, 2009. Credit: WikipediaRelated LinksMitt RomneyPaul RyanElection 2012: GeneralElection 2012: PrimariesNewsPresident Obama: Historian-in-chief (7-4-12)What do historians really think of Obama? (6-8-12)Allan Lichtman: Obama’s victory is certain (5-29-12)Commentary: Historians

HNN Hot Topics: Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan at a 2012 fundraiser in Utah. Credit: FlickrRelated Links Historian's Take: The Vice-Presidential Debate Hot Topics: Mitt Romney Hot Topics: Barack Obama Hot Topics: Election 2012: General Hot Topics: Election 2012: Primaries News Paul Ryan: ’12 race like Carter vs. Reagan Commentary: Historians

HNN Hot Topics: Medicare

Sample Medicare card. Credit: U.S. government.Related Links HNN Hot Topics: Health Care Reform HNN Hot Topics: Social Security Commentary: Historians Robert Dallek: On Medicare’s Complicated Birth (7-12-10) Randall Woods: Which of the JFK/LBJ Domestic Programs Do Conservatives Wish Had Never Seen the Light of Day? (2-13-08) Jonathan Cohn: Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis (10-21-07) Will Mallon: What is Medicare? (7-22-03) Commentary: Media

HNN Hot Topics: Cuban Missile Crisis

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HNN Hot Topics: Trayvon Martin

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HNN Hot Topics: Separation of Church and State

Commentary: Historians J. Stanley Lemons: Review of John M. Barry's "Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State and the Birth of Liberty" (Viking Press, 2012) (1-14-12) Kenneth C. Davis: Why the U.S. is Not a Christian Nation (7-4-11) Thomas S. Kidd: What Did Jefferson Mean By "Wall of Separation"? (10-31-10) Harvey Wasserman: The Fundamentalist Attack on Separation of Church and State Defames America and Its Founders (10-31-10) Jon Butler: Does the First Amendment Separate Church and State? (10-24-10) Live Q&A With Thomas S. Kidd (10-13-10) Thomas S.

HNN Hot Topics: Hollywood & the Movies

Commentary: HistoriansThomas Doherty: The Last Bow for 35mm Film (2-20-12)Robert Brent Toplin: If History is Any Judge, the History Movie is a Big Winner at Oscar Time (2-20-12)Bruce Chadwick: History Films Are Back at the Oscars (2-20-12)Tom Engelhardt: How the Movies Saved My Life (11-17-11)Wayne Federman: What Reagan Did for Hollywood (11-14-11)James Shapiro: Hollywood Dishonors the Bard (10-16-11)Albert Auster and Leonard Quart: Hollywood in Iraq (4-21-11)Kiernan Bagge: Hollywood and Its Relationship with History (02-13-11)

HNN Hot Topics: Rick Santorum

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HNN Hot Topics: Mitt Romney

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