Tags: Political History
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Berlin Landscape of Memory: Before the Wall Came Down and Today
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Confronting Stalin's Legacy, 60 Years After His Death
Memory of dictator still positive in Russia and the west
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A Debt Ceiling Lesson from Europe
After decades of over spending, European nations are now being forced to adopt serious debt control measures.
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Adolf Hitler Rose to Power 80 Years Ago Today: A Cautionary Tale for Democracy
"Freedom doesn't preserve itself all alone," Germany's current chancellor Angela Merkel said
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Meet Congress' Favorite Bootlegger: Prohibition, Hypocrisy, and "The Man in the Green Hat"
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George McGovern, R.I.P.
The former Democratic senator from South Dakota and 1972 Democratic nominee has died
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Study: Politicians and Psychopaths Aren't So Different
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Gail Collins Hates the Lone Star State
Times columnist messes with Texas and loses in laugh-free, fact-challenged airdrop.
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Elizabeth Warren's Cherokee History Dissolves. Will Hekawi Tribe Offer Papers?
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Why We're Entering the Age of Ron Paul
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Blind Ambition Is Not a Presidential Job Qualification
Nobody who wants the presidency too badly ought to be trusted with it.
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Reason.tv: "Markets Not Capitalism," Says Professor Gary Chartier
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Romney and Hancock
To understand the presidential bid of the 70th governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, it’s useful to remember the career of the first.
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Ron Paul Roundup: On His Strength Against Obama, His Investments, His Ads, and Why the GOP Fears Him
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Trillion Dollar Bailouts Equal Crony Capitalism
The Federal Reserve was supposed to be a lender of last resort, not an ATM for Wall Street.
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Thirteen Steps For Making U.S. Child Care As Horrible As U.S. Health Care
Nancy Pelosi once had trouble finding a babysitter, so her aspiration these days is "doing for child care what we did for health care reform."
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Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar Shows That Hunger for More Power Corrupts
J. Edgar Hoover's Fetish for Authority Was More Worrisome Than His Apocryphal Sexual Hangups
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Reason.tv: Get Government out of Welfare Now! An Interview with Star Parker