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World War 1

Ukraine

Hot Takes Are Making the Ukraine Invasion Worse

Our political and media elites should think twice before they swarm social media like Russian tanks driving deep into Ukraine.

Nick Gillespie and Regan Taylor | 3.4.2022 9:01 AM

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Technology

How the Government Created RCA

A century before its threats against TikTok, Washington pried a different media company out of foreign hands.

Jesse Walker | 8.5.2020 10:07 AM

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Race

We Should Name Military Bases After Lynched Black Veterans Who Fought for Freedoms They Were Denied

Let's replace the names of Confederate figures with those of patriots who upheld America's ideals.

Shikha Dalmia | 7.29.2020 2:12 PM

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History

Woodrow Wilson's Libertarian Lackeys

Beware the temptation to collaborate with the state.

Jesse Walker | 5.28.2020 6:00 AM

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World War 1

1917

Sam Mendes' new movie pulls no punches about the bloody, brutal reality of war.

Eric Boehm | 3.20.2020 6:30 AM

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Book Reviews

The Horror of War and the Thrill of Horror

A new book explores the First World War's role in creating the horror genre.

Bryan Alexander | 7.28.2019 6:00 AM

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History

The Heartbreaking, Lifesaving Practice of Welcoming 'Unaccompanied' Child Migrants

A history lesson for Americans

Shikha Dalmia | 5.18.2019 6:00 AM

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Will Today's Global Trade Wars Lead to World War III?

The splintering of international economic interdependence is a worrying sign for peace through trade.

Daniel W. Drezner | 4.4.2019 6:00 AM

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Donald Trump

Instead of Making Today About Trump, Let's Remember the Dead of World War I

"If any question why we died/Tell them, because our fathers lied," wrote Rudyard Kipling of the Great War. Think about that, not contemporary politics.

Nick Gillespie | 11.11.2018 4:00 PM

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Trump's Military Parade Would Have Been Foolish, Expensive, Authoritarian. Canceling It Was the Right Move.

There will be no military parade today. There shouldn't be one any other day, either.

Eric Boehm | 11.10.2018 12:30 PM

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Jaroslav Hašek

Meet the Good Soldier Švejk, Patron Saint of Malingerers and Saboteurs

A 1920s-era novel sheds light on Eastern European anti-authoritarianism.

Will Collins | 9.12.2018 6:00 AM

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Free Trade

Trump Is Standing on the Precipice of a Real and Serious Trade War

The trade war that seemed improbable for weeks is now slipping closer to inevitable. The first major deadline comes at midnight.

Eric Boehm | 5.31.2018 3:30 PM

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Brickbats

Brickbat: History Lesson

Charles Oliver | 9.26.2017 4:00 AM

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History

Documentaries Put Spotlight on War Propaganda

The Great War and Five Came Back reviewed.

Glenn Garvin | 4.14.2017 3:00 PM

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Foreign Policy

When Did WW3 Start? Let's Talk About Sanctuary Cities and the Radical Left Instead

CPAC panel underdelivers.

Ed Krayewski | 2.23.2017 2:35 PM

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War

There Was More Than One Christmas Truce

Officers tried to stop the Christmas Truce of 1914 from recurring, but they didn't always succeed.

Jesse Walker | 12.21.2016 2:15 PM

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World War 1

The Christmas Truce of World War I

Recalling the time, 100 years ago, when soldiers refused to fight each other

Wendy McElroy | 12.24.2014 1:00 PM

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Civil Liberties

The ISIS Conspiracies

How a century's worth of anxieties about America's southern border are affecting the latest foreign-policy crisis.

Jesse Walker | 9.17.2014 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Blame World War I For Whistleblower Persecution—And So Much More

U.S. involvement in World War I lasted just a year and a half. But government today uses its leavings to threaten Americans' freedom.

J.D. Tuccille | 8.7.2014 4:31 PM

Culture

The Armistice Day Horror

Jesse Walker | 11.11.2009 10:12 AM

World War 1

The Lusitania

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel | 2.1.1976 12:00 PM

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