history
State election may determine future of Mexican left
January 26, 2011On July 3, voters in the central State of Mexico, in Mexico, will elect a new governor. More is at stake than one governorship out of 31 in this country of 108 million people. The future...
Read moreOn lessons of New Deal, GOP fails miserably
January 22, 2011The New Deal economic recovery programs during the Great Depression of the 1930s showed how to solve economic crises without resorting to war.
Read moreRichard Nixon’s tapes and the psychology of division
December 20, 2010New tapes from the Nixon White House show Nixon's pathologic prejudices against virtually every ethnic group, particularly his crude anti-Semitism.
Read moreExploding tea party myths about American history
December 14, 2010Jill Lepore's "The Whites of Their Eyes" is two distinct histories in the space of a single volume.
Read moreSpringtime for Franco and Pope Benedict
December 9, 2010In Spain recently, Pope Benedict made remarks that boil down to an outrageous defense of the 40-year fascist dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco.
Read more