history
Richard 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.
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Exploding 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.
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Springtime 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.
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Germans ponder “All Quiet on the Western Front”
December 6, 2010People left a movie theater in Berlin mostly silent and deeply moved though the film they had seen was first released in 1930. This American-made epic had lost none of its extremely emotional appeal. It was...
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“Secession balls” in 2010?
December 3, 2010There were two stories about the beginnings of the Civil War this week: Georgia acknowledges slavery, while neo-Confederates ignore it.
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