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History and the Theater

by Bruce Chadwick

The Opera Brings Back Richard NixonA History Play Where the Past Never Feels PastHistory and the “Million Dollar Quartet,” Broadway’s Million Dollar HitA Civil War Passover, A Night to Remember, and a Window on Jewish History

HNN Hot Topics: Black History Month

The best of web commentary on Black History Month.

HNN Hot Topics: Reagan Centennial

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HNN Hot Topics: Obamacare

An index of our articles.

HNN Hot Topics: Haiti

News Duvalier faces possible trial in Haiti Haiti charges ex-leader Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier Haitian police take ex-dictator to court Duvalier Meets With Advisers as Haiti Holds Its Breath

HNN Hot Topics: Martin Luther King, Jr.

The best of web commentary on the man and his legacy.

HNN Hot Topics: Arizona Assassination Attempt

NewsChoice of the term"blood libel" by Palin not logical, says historianBlood Libel: Sarah Palin's Claim Recalls Anti-Semitic Legacy The Giffords Attack & the Congressional PastCommentaryConrad Black: Tucson and the Failure of the Political ClassJonathan J. Bean: Who Killed JFK? The Conservative “Climate of Hate”!Allen C. Guelzo: Climate of HateJoseph Palermo: U.S. assassination attempts not that rareVictor Davis Hanson: Political VulturesJon Wiener: Professors with Guns: The Arizona Plan Julian E. Zelizer: Extremism is a Vice, Not a VirtueAndrew C. McCarthy: A Horrid Crime, a Dishonest Debate

HNN Hot Topics: Filibusters

HNN's archive of articles on filibusters.

HNN Hot Topics: Haley Barbour and the White Citizens' Council

News and CommentaryJames W. Loewen: Haley Barbour's Yazoo City and Mine Ron Radosh: Should Conservatives Give Haley Barbour a Blank Check?NYT Editorial: Gov. Barbour’s Dream WorldKC Johnson: Barbour & Educational StandardsRick Perlstein: What Haley Barbour's Amnesia Tells UsBen Adler: Haley Barbour’s Historical AmnesiaMississippi Gov. Barbour backtracks on racial remarksBarbour doesn’t recall civil rights era being ‘that bad’Todd Moye: Segregationist Citizens Councils Were A 'Terrorist Organization'Joseph Crespino: Barbour wrong on Citizens Council claims

HNN Hot Topics: Tax Reform

CommentaryRobert L. Borosage: The Great Tax Reform MirageRobin Einhorn : It's Tax Time Again: Should You Feel You're Overtaxed?Thomas W. Evans: The GE Years: What Made Reagan ReaganDean Baker: A Tax Cut Like It's 1986Bonnie Goodman: How did the Present Alternative Minimum Tax come into Existence?Bush's Proposed Tax Code Compared To Past EndeavorsNixon Was Stupid to Sign the Bill Establishing the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)

HNN Hot Topics: Richard Holbrooke, 1941-2010

News & CommentaryHolbrooke's Last Words:"You've Got to Stop this War in Afghanistan"Jonathan Alter: Holbrooke: An American in FullFritz Stern: If Only Holbrooke Had Been in the Balkans in 1914Derek Chollet: Holbrooke: A Historian at

Climate Change

Global warming, climate change: Whatever you call it. Here are the articles we've featured on this topic through the years.

HNN Hot Topics: Liu Xiaobo's Nobel Prize

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HNN Hot Topics: Wikileaks

Related LinksHNN Poll: How Should Historians Use Wikileaks?News & CommentaryAlan Singer: WikiLeaks “Speaking and Writing the Truth” Mark LeVine: WikiLeaks: Call of Duty Victor Davis Hanson: Julian Assange’s EgoLeaks

HNN Hot Topics: North Korea

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North Korea: Past Crises

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HNN Hot Topics: The Tea Party Movement

The best of web commentary.

HNN Hot Topics: Nuclear Weapons

Related LinksHiroshima at Sixty-Five Hiroshima: Truman on Trial Hiroshima: What People Think Now Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist Federation of American Scientists Nuclear Information Project NewsCold War Air Defense Relied on Widespread Dispersal of Nuclear Weapons, Documents Show (11-16-10) US attends first Hiroshima atomic bomb anniversary (8-5-10)Son of Pilot Who Dropped A-Bomb Opposes Plan to Send U.S. Delegation to Hiroshima Ceremony (8-4-10)Jim Bohlen, Who Led in Creation of Greenpeace, Dies at 84 (7-14-10)Castro blames U.S.

Where George W. Bush Ranks as President

 Bush's MemoirLive Q&A with Julian E. ZelizerSherrilyn A. Ifill: What Impunity Looks LikeMichael Barone: Bush’s Decision Points Doyle McManus: GWB Plays DefenseBill Clinton praises George W Bush's bookGeorge Bush Book 'Decision Points' Lifted From Advisers' Books Julian Zelizer: Assessing the Bush Presidency &"Decision Points" in the MediaBush Releases Memoir: 'He Knows the Historians Are Coming' [video, 8 minutes 38 seconds]

Basic FactsClerk of the House of Representatives: Political Divisions of the House of Representatives (1789 to Present)Senate Historian: Party Division in the Senate, 1789-PresentRick Shenkman: Getting the Facts St