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Glorious Chaos: A Kid in the Newsroom

by Carl Bernstein

The following is an excerpt from Carl Bernstein's Chasing History, a triumphant memoir…
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FDR and Al Smith: An Unlikely Political Alliance

by Terry Golway Like many state senators in the spring of 1912, Franklin Roosevelt was a…
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The Unsolved Murder of Robert F. Kennedy

by William Klaber & Philip Melanson Updated for the 50th anniversary of the murder of Robert F. Kennedy, Shadow…
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President Carter: The White House Years

by Stuart E. Eizenstat For good or ill, Carter’s presidency was foreshadowed by the way he…
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Women Writers as Scolds, Again

by Jeff Biggers Brand her a "common scold." That, in a nutshell, has been the "enough…
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Who is Israel? How the National Character of Israeli Shapes our World

The Israeli Mind; Who is Israel?
by Alon Gratch War, Peace and other Cycles of Change Perhaps the best metaphor for change…
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Putinism: Russia and its Future with the West

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by Walter Laqueur It is common knowledge that relations between America and Russia have deteriorated very…
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Seven Surprising Ways Hollywood Has Influenced Politics

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By Timothy Stanley It is hard not to think about the relationship between Hollywood and politics…
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What Can We Learn from Red Dead Redemption?

by Tore C. Olsson

In his new book Red Dead's History, Tore Olsson reveals the gritty and brutal world that…
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Pat Nixon and “Panda Diplomacy”

by Heath Hardage Lee

As spring came to Washington in 1972, there was little rest for…
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The Decade in Southern History that (Almost) No One Is Talking About

by Tore C. Olsson

Imagine a bookcase large enough to contain all the works ever written…
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Uncovering Stories in Small Archives

by Kathleen Sheppard

Mary Charlton Jonas (1874-1950) returned to her work at the Egypt Exploration Society’s…
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Butch Gets Busted

by Tom Clavin

This month is the 130th anniversary of when Butch Cassidy was sent to prison in Wyoming for…
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Adventure, Shipwrecks, and the History of the World

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David Gibbins's day job is anything but normal. Gibbins has worked in underwater archaeology all his…
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John Colter: The First Mountain Man?

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by Tom Clavin

One of the joys of researching and writing (with Bob Drury) Throne of…
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Army Rangers on D-Day

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by Tom Clavin

As many of you are aware, this week marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day,…
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