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Enough With the State of the Union Already

by Scot Faulkner

The speech is a pointless exercise in Washington excess, and isn't even in the Constitution.

Ed, Do You Really Want to Invoke Ted?

by Michael Patrick Cullinane

UK Labour Party leader Ed Miliband is fond of citing Teddy Roosevelt's anti-trust crusades, but that's not going to be enough for an electoral victory.

You Won't Believe What Anti-Pot Crusaders Said About Weed in the 1970s

by Emily Dufton

Reefer madness, eat your heart out: One congressman from the '70s sais that youth marijuana use will leave America "with a large population of semi-zombies."

The Perpetrators of the Cambodian Genocide Are *Still* Eluding Justice

by Khatharya Um

Why is Cambodia awash in violence thirty years after the genocide? Simple: because Khmer Rouge officials are still in power today.

The Secret Behind Rob Ford's Amazing Popularity

by Jay Young

Toronto's drug-addled mayor could very well win re-election, due to his appeal to suburban Toronto voters.

Is Obama Brave Enough to Give an Address as Radical as Grover Cleveland's?

Now this was a Message to Congress Americans would remember.

Surveillance is the Time-Tested Weapon to Ensure U.S. Global Power

by Alfred McCoy

From the Philippines to the Army's "shoe-leather" surveillance to COINTELPRO, snooping has been an important guarantor of Washington's power for over a century.

Doris Kearns Goodwin Tackles the “Irrepressible Conflict” of 1912

by Sheldon M. Stern

William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt used to be the closest of intimates... until the election of 1912.

The Endless Arms Race

by Lawrence S. Wittner

Despite Great Power promises, more nuclear weapons are on the way.

The Surprisingly Honest Imperialism Behind France's Latest African Venture

by Martin Thomas

French president François Hollande's latest interventionist adventure in the Central African Republic is designed to enforce peace where French interests are imperiled.

It Looks Like Mark Hanna’s Biographer Invented Quotes

by Kristie Miller and Robert H. McGinnis

"Does a dog hesitate for a marriage license?"

We Need to Include Reparations in the Story of Solomon Northup

by Roy E. Finkenbine

The protagonist of "12 Years a Slave" was also a leader in the slavery reparations movement.

Why is Hemp Illegal?

by Bradley J. Borougerdi

The real reason hemp is illegal may surprise you -- it has everything to do with Orientalism.

The Forgotten Healers of World War I [INTERVIEW]

by Robin Lindley

Historian Emily Mayhew on the development of the British Army's medical corps in World War I.

Abe Shinzo, Yasukuni and the Recurring Tragedy of Japanese Nationalism

by Thomas U. Berger

Why does Abe keep going back to the Yasukuni Shrine?

#NotYourAsianTigerMom: The Backstory

by Ellen D. Wu

The history behind Twitter's best response to Amy Chua's new book.

Revisiting the FBI's War on the American Left

by Jeremy Kuzmarov

Betty Medsger's new book "The Burglary" again shines light on the controversial (and illegal) FBI program COINTELPRO.

African American Poverty: Concentrated and Multi-Generational

by Richard Rothstein

Not only that, African American poverty has become MORE geographically concentrated over time.

Top Ten Ways Ariel Sharon Ruined Israel and the Middle East

by Juan Cole

Arik Scheinerman, who became Ariel Sharon, would go on powerfully to shape the lives of most people in Israel and the Middle East, and not for the good.

Dear Tiger Mom: The 1920s Called and They Want Their Racial Theories Back

by David J. Leonard

Amy Chua's new book, co-authored with her husband Jed Rubenfeld, recycles the same sort of faux-scientific racism that was discredited decades ago.