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How a Story About the Battle of the Somme Can Help Us See What’s Happening in Our Own Time

by William Lambers

What are we blind to? Farm communities are suffering worldwide.

The Last Election of the Sixties

by Leonard Steinhorn

The Trump constituency wants its America back, and this may be the last election in which the backlash that began in the Sixties will have an opportunity to win.

The Spy Who Saved Israel

by Uri Bar-Joseph

His name was Ashraf Marwan and he changed the course of history.

Obama’s Rebuke to the GOP

by Ed Simon

What the president highlighted is that the party of Lincoln has increasingly become the party of Lincoln Rockwell.

Memo to Donald Trump: This is not 1968

by Leonard Steinhorn

Our society itself is not coming apart the way it was in 1968.

Mike Pence: “Rush Limbaugh on Decaf”

by Laurence Jurdem

How he, like Jesse Helms before him, used his perch as a radio commentator to attract a following.

Should Hillary Move Left?

by Peter Cole

FDR did in 1936 and he won in a landslide.

Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama Got the Youth Vote: Did It Matter?

by Russ Henderson

The answer? Young people can energize a campaign, but adult electors determine a candidate’s fate.

The Other America: 2016 Edition

by Louis Ferleger and Matthew Lavallee

Our methods of measuring economic conditions are failing to capture the plight of millions, leaving them invisible in the New Economy.

A Lack of Plain Old Good Etiquette Is Undermining Our Democracy

by John Baick

People shouldn’t feel free to say anything they want to others with whom they disagree.

Why the Democrats Are Likely to Become the Majority Party for Decades to Come

by Ronald L. Feinman

By 2024 Democrats will have a lock on the White House with 433 electoral votes from 32 states.

Psst! Hillary. Gracie Allen Has Some Free Advice on Running for President.

by Greg Bailey

It’s the lessons she learned when she ran for president in 1940.

The Awful History Behind Rep. Steve King’s Obnoxious Claims about “Subgroups” (That is, Blacks)

by Scott Eastman

The congressman is drawing on racist gibberish cooked up in the 19th century by a racist who influenced Hitler.

Why Historians Have an Obligation to Speak Out Against Trump

by James C. Cobb

History indeed teaches lessons. We should learn from them.

The Fallujah Victory Is Being Oversold

by Robert T. Souza

What’s eluding Iraq are the soft power victories needed to implement permanent change.

The 1968 Police Shoot-out with African Americans that America Forgot

by James D. Robenalt

It happened just 5.6 miles from where Donald Trump will accept the Republican Party’s nomination for president.

Trump Exists Outside the Traditional Left-Right Framework

by Ed Simon

To understand the Trump phenomenon we need to reframe politics. Nietzsche helps.

How I Was Sabotaged by Microsoft

by Thomas Fleming

I had been told by experts not to download Windows 10. Then I discovered it had downloaded anyway. Grrr.

The Appalling Violence of the World’s Three Superpowers

by Lawrence S. Wittner

Russia, China and the USA are among the world’s most violent societies at home and pose the greatest threat to the continued existence of civilization.

The Far-Right’s 50-Year Project to Make America Great Again

by Tula Connell

The rightward shift of the United States since Reagan didn’t happen by accident.