China Censors Searches about Tiananmen Square Protests on Anniversary
Including use of the word "today"
History
Advertising + Communism = Strange Things On the Internet
Making commercials in the Soviet Union.
Ancient Torah Scroll Found in Italian University Library
Dates back to 12th or 13th century, not the 17th, as had been mistakenly thought
The Hidden History of the Pot Lobby
An early activist for marijuana legalization writes a compelling memoir.
The Wild Campaign Film That Barry Goldwater Disowned
Ideological content aside, it's a pretty amazing piece of filmmaking.
What The New York Times Missed When It Tried to Explain Conspiracy Theories
Powerful people can be paranoid too.
Should Obama Be Impeached?
We've had too few impeachments in American history, not too many.
When Cops Claimed the Right to Search Anyone Who "Causes Fear in a Community"
The history of militarized policing.
Body of 14-Year-Old Girl Shows Evidence of Cannibalism at Jamestown Colony
In the winter of 1609-1610
You've Got Your Nerves in My Depression!
A book on the "depression" diagnosis takes its critique in the wrong direction.
"Maximizing Human Death was the Principal Goal"
When the Pentagon pondered plans to weaponize the weather.
A Never-Ending Game of Cat and Mouse
The battle between smugglers and the state forged the U.S.
School District Considers Action over Pro-Nazi Writing Assignment
Teacher asked students to try to present a convincing case for blaming woes on Jews
Army Chaplain Posthumously Given Congressional Medal of Honor
Over his actions in the Korean War
Pablo Neruda's Body Exhumed
Forensic scientists want to determine if Pinochet dictatorship had him killed
Historian: FDR's Anti-Semitism Cost Jewish Lives
He resisted helping refugees for fear of admitting "too many" Jews to the U.S.
