New perspectives on how history is made
Yes, the fact that Mandela was a member of the South African Communist Party matters, but not in the way you think.
Ronald Reagan vetoed efforts to pass sanctions against apartheid South Africa.
His style of leadership, often overlooked, was a game-changer for the continent and black rule.
Many conservatives supported the apartheid regime to the bitter end.
How a revolutionary became a man of peace.
Mandela was a rare example of a lion who lay down with the lambs.
Mandela belongs to the same pantheon of insurgents as George Washington, Michael Collins, and David Ben-Gurion.
For a man imprisoned for his political beliefs, he had a weakness for those who did the very same thing to their ideological opponents.
The ANC was a Soviet-backed, communist-influenced organization... and it still lead a movement for freedom.
We thought Nelson Mandela was just another Fidel Castro or a Pol Pot, but he was actually one of the century's great moral leaders.
Gerry Adams and Sinn Fein remain unapologetic for attacks on the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
The conservative war over Joseph McCarthy and the Roosevelt administration continues.
Is alt-ac really the solution to the academic jobs crisis? Probably not.
And there was no better social media manager back in the day than Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Why quants can't measure historic significance.
The Russo-Japanese War remains the key to understanding East Asia.
An army marches on its stomach, and the commissary corps had to feed it!
Churchill's reputation continues to decline.
The point of work should not be just to provide the material goods we need to survive.
Where was John F. Kennedy on the ideological spectrum?
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