Archive for the 'American History' Category

Keith Bardwell: Wrong But Not Alone

Peggy Pascoe looks at Justice of Pece Keith Bardwell’s refusal to marry Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay.

All Politics is Not Local

Elvin Lim looks at the upcoming elections.

$250 Checks to Seniors: Just Say No

Edward Zelinsky looks at the Obama Administration’s plan to send an additional $250 to social security recipients.

Friday Cat Blogging: Jennifer Weber

Cats brighten our days.

Not Just Another (Black Is) Beautiful Face

LeeAnna Keith reflects on the role race may have played in the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama.

How We Look At Health Care

A post about health care from author Rosemarie Garland-Thomson.

Jennifer Burns’s Goddess of the Market

An excerpt from Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right.

Mario Savio: Freedom’s Orator

An excerpt from Freedom’s Orator: Mario Savio and the Radical Legacy of the 1960s.

Cuba: What Everyone Needs To Know

An excerpt from Cuba: What Everyone Needs To Know.

Did Director Steven Soderbergh Get The Chemistry Right…Again?

A chemical look at The Informant!.

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