Roundup Top 10!

March 31, 2014

Roundup Top 10!

This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.

February 7, 2014

This Week's Best of the Web

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February 7, 2014

Week of January 27, 2014

#1 Pete Seeger's All-American Communism by David Graham The folksinger's romance with Stalinism remains disturbing, but it can't be separated from the rest of his work—nor from U.S. history. THE ATLANTIC

January 27, 2014

Week of January 20, 2014

Editor's picks from the rest of the web.

January 27, 2014

Week of January 13, 2014

#1 Why the "War on Poverty" Isn't Over by Stephanie Coontz And why it was actually a remarkable success. CNN

January 27, 2014

Week of January 6, 2014

#1 New York Times Room for Debate: Turning Away From Painful Chapters What happens when we ignore ugly truths about the past -- when families bury their dark secrets, and nations try to forget their sins? NEW YORK TIMES

December 30, 2013

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

December 30, 2013

Week of December 9, 2013

#1 The Anti-Jacksonians by Sean Wilentz Historical analogies are oft imperfect, and the Tea Party=Jacksonian Democrats meme is more imperfect than most. DEMOCRACY: A JOURNAL OF IDEAS

December 30, 2013

Week of December 2, 2013

#1 Mandela Taught a Continent to Forgive by John Dramani Mahama How a revolutionary became a man of peace. NEW YORK TIMES

December 30, 2013

Week of November 25, 2013

#1 Diminishing Returns of the Global Turn by David A. Bell Global history has met the law of diminishing returns in its insights. IMPERIAL & GLOBAL FORUM

December 30, 2013

Week of November 18, 2013

#1 Kennedy's Legacy of Inspiration by Robert Dallek Fifty years after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, he remains an object of almost universal admiration. NEW YORK TIMES

December 30, 2013

Week of November 11, 2013

#1 JFK Was an Unapologetic Liberal by David Greenberg His underrated career as ideological warrior. THE NEW REPUBLIC

December 30, 2013

Week of November 4, 2013

#1 Bloomberg, Champion of the Poor by Michael B. Katz Michael Bloomberg's anti-poverty efforts in New York City deserve recognition. NEW YORK TIMES

December 30, 2013

Week of October 28, 2013

#1 This Is What Happens When Historians Overuse the Idea of the Network by David A. Bell Historians have been applying the network -- the controlling metaphor of the digital age -- to everything, even the distant past. Maybe that's not such a great idea. THE NEW REPUBLIC

December 30, 2013

Week of October 21, 2013

#1 Kennedy, the Elusive President by Jill Abramson Was Kennedy really a great president? NEW YORK TIMES

December 30, 2013

Week of October 14, 2013

#1 Congress: The Joke's On Us by Jonathan Zimmerman Maligning Congress is easier than looking in the mirror. LOS ANGELES TIMES

December 30, 2013

Week of October 7, 2013

#1 Obama, the Debt, and the 14th Amendment by Sean Wilentz Actually, the 14th Amendment DOES give the president the power to raise the debt ceiling. NEW YORK TIMES

December 30, 2013

Week of September 30, 2013

#1 The Worst Shutdown in Modern U.S. History by Ellen Fitzpatrick and Theda Skocpol Why? Because it undermines the democratic process. CNN

December 30, 2013

Week of September 23, 2013

#1 There Is No Such Thing as the ‘Traditional Male Breadwinner’ by Stephanie Coontz The whole concept was a late-arriving, short-lived aberration in the history of the world, and it’s over. We need to move on. TIME MAGAZINE

December 30, 2013

Week of September 16, 2013

#1 Science’s Humanities Gap by Gary Gutting Humanists have been much more receptive to science than vice-versa. NEW YORK TIMES