Germany Urges Japan to Deal Honestly with WWII Past
Partly responsible for rift between Japan and China
History
Billie Jean King Sent to Tweak Russia's Homophobia at the Olympics
President Obama will not attend
When Walter Williams Worked for the Carter Administration
John McClaughry's memoirs, continued
Feds Dealt with Mentally Ill Soldiers Following WWII with Lobotomies
Around 2,000 or more given the treatment
How Writers Coped Without Copyright
What would happen if copyright didn't protect against piracy? The answer can be found in history.
Modern Political Debate Follows a 200-Year Tradition
The argument between Thomas Paine and Edmund Burke never went away.
We Should Be Thankful for Private Property
The pilgrims almost starved themselves to death with their experiment in communal ownership.
Photo Engineer Who Analyzed Zapruder Film No Fan of Conspiracy Theories About Footage of JFK Assassination
Analyzed the film for authenticity in the 90s, Says the CIA shouldn't have made it top secret, fueling theories
Ala. Grants Posthumous Pardons to 'Scottsboro Boys'
Race-fueled rape case from the 1930s
Obamas, Clintons Lay Wreath at JFK's Grave
It's the 50th anniversary of his assassination. You may have heard about it.
Obama Skips Gettysburg Anniversary over Obamacare Woes
Clearly this means the president supports slavery
Ceremony To Mark the 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
Historian James McPherson, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, and Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett will speak
The Persistent—But Fading—Appeal of JFK Conspiracy Stories
Explaining two trends in public opinion
Obamas, Clintons to Lay Wreath at JFK's Grave
To memorialize 50th anniversary of assassination
Virginia Mayor Proposes Building Ballpark over Slave Graveyard
But it would include a memorial
The Baby Boomers' JFK Fixation
Camelot nostalgia and assassination obsession as a form of generational arrogance.
Germany Refuses to Make Info About Nazi-Looted Art Public
Don't want to be inundated with false claims of ownership, they say
Berlusconi Compares His Travails to Those of the Jews Under Hitler
That's going to go over well
John F. Kennedy Was No National Treasure
He was lawless, reckless, and anything but a national treasure
