"Maximizing Human Death was the Principal Goal"
When the Pentagon pondered plans to weaponize the weather.
History
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.
The Death of Contrarianism
The New Republic returns to its Progressive roots as a cheerleader for state power.
Indians Ejected from Rio Museum Being Razed for Olympics
Celebrating the cultural heritage the games are known for
Eisenhower Memorial Plan Panned by Family
Relatives call it too cold. Want to scrap it and start over.
David Frum and the "Unpatriotic Conservatives"
Something has changed for the better since 2003.
Wright Brothers May Not Have Made First Powered Flight
Strong evidence for a 1901 flight by Gustave Whitehead in Connecticut
The Conquest of the Future
The lost tomorrows of Gerald O'Neill and Eric Drexler's visions of infinite space and abundance.
Bill Kristol Attacks Rand Paul, Rewrites the 1990s
The Weekly Standard's editor has a selective memory.
Confronting Stalin's Legacy, 60 Years After His Death
Memory of dictator still positive in Russia and the west
UK Rail Workers Unearth Suspected Black Death Burial Pit
13 skeletons uncovered
Vatican Lashes Out at New Pope's Critics
Blames "anti-clerical, leftwing campaign" for accusations in connection with Argentinian junta
A History Lesson From Clarence Thomas
Correcting a liberal smear about the conservative Supreme Court justice.
Chicago Scientists Find 600-Year-Old Chinese Coin in Kenya
Chicago Field Museum and U Illinois-Chicago led expedition
Mythical Viking Sunstone Found in Shipwreck
Used to navigate when sun was obscured
Talkin' John Birch History Blues
Them Birchers they was comin' around/They was in the air/They was on the ground.
Missing Soviet War Veteran Found in Afghanistan
Has been peacefully living with Afghans for more than 30 years
