Roundup: Historians' Take

America's Real Problem: Too Much Bipartisanship

by Julian Zelizer

Consensus views encapsulate what's really wrong in Washington.

Blame Football, Not Title IX

by Jonathan Zimmerman

Colleges are cutting other sports -- and wrongly blaming the 1972 measure that outlawed sex discrimination in educational institutions receiving federal financial aid.

Changes in the Pacific

by Victor Davis Hanson

Is China copying old imperial Japan?

The Smartest Book About Our Digital Age Was Published in 1929

by Ted Gioia

How José Ortega y Gasset's The Revolt of the Masses helps us understand everything from YouTube to Duck Dynasty.

Dick Cheney in Nixonland

by Jon Wiener

Dick Cheney came to the Nixon Library this week to talk about his new book, but in the end the conversation turned to Obamacare.

Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is ASA

by Alan Luxenberg

The vote by the 5,000-member American Studies Association to support the academic boycott of Israel, reportedly by a 2-1 margin, has evoked many responses, but none so far has identified the irony at the core of the matter.

Does History Repeat Itself in Egypt?

by Mohamed Soffar

Will Egypt give birth to another Nasser?

Latin America Leans Forward

by Enrique Krauze

Latin America of late has shown a maturity without precedent in its turbulent history.

The Year in Chinese Science—And Science Fiction

by Jeffrey Wasserstrom

In 2013 China joined the short list of countries who have landed on the moon, but Chinese science fiction had been dreaming of just that for decades.

Teaching Niall Ferguson a (Colombian) History Lesson

by David Hill

The Nukak indigenous people have suffered appallingly since first sustained contact, despite claims made by Ferguson.

“Bride and Boom!”

by Tom Engelhardt

We’re number one... in obliterating wedding parties.

Pope Francis and the End of the Religious Right?

by Steven Conn

The pope is saying it is time for a new kind of political conversation.

Five Myths About the Future of Obamacare

by Eric M. Patashnik and Julian E. Zelizer

There are a lot of myths and half-truths about "policy entrenchment."

The History and Lessons of Congressional Crises

What does the past suggest about how Congress responds to breaks in its norms?

The Solid Nonpareil

by Lewis H. Lapham

Why no Mark Twain for our second Gilded Age?

Jameis Winston and the 'Integrity' of the Heisman

by Jonathan Zimmerman

The Heisman Trophy winner faces charges of rape. Talk about "excellence with integrity."

Jesus, Santa, and Now "Sound of Music's" Mother Abbess?

by Shannen Dee Williams

The controversy over NBC's live remake of "The Sound of Music," starring black actress Audra McDonald as the Mother Abbess.

Spinning Desert Storm: TV Coverage of a Pentagon Production

by William J. Astore

The view from 1991.

Saving Reagan's Legacy

by Scot Faulkner and Jonathan Riehl

On the misuse of Reagan nostalgia.

The More Things Change...

by Jim Sleeper

A blast from the past, as a New York Times letter to the editor from 1970 on surveillance resonates remarkably well today.