A New Republican Party
Elvin Lim reflects on the selection of Michael Steele to head the RNC.
All this we can do. All this we will do.
Elvin Lim looks at the beginning of Obama’s presidency.
Blessed Days of Anaesthesia
Imagine a world without pain relievers…
Who Moved the Inauguration? Dispelling an Urban Legend
Donald Ritchie looks at how the Presidential Inauguration moved from the East Front of the Capitol to the West Front.
A Very Short History of Burns Suppers
Scotland: A Very Short Introduction author Rab Houston talks about the history of Burns Suppers.
Prokofiev’s Juliet’s Lives: Zora Šemberová
Simon Morrison shares the story of the premier of Prokofiev’s ballet “Romeo and Juliet,” in which Romeo and Juliet live happily ever after.
Inaugural Post
Ben looks at inaugural geography.
Islam and the Nobel Prize
A look at how Islamic culture views the Nobel Prize.
A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
A look at A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
The First American Dictionary: Johnson or Webster?
Ammon Shea looks at who wrote the first American dictionary.
A History of Central Africa and the Rwandan Genocide
A glimpse into Gérard Prunier’s newest book on Congo and the Rwandan Genocide.
Do Scots Need Kilts?
Rab Houston, author of Scotland: A Very Short Introduction, wonders whether Scots really need kilts.
A Few Questions for Gérard Prunier
An interview with Gérard Prunier on his thoughts on the current struggles in Central Africa.
Killers without Borders: The LRA in the Congo
A look at the history of the Lord’s Resistance Army and the resulting bloody Christmas.
On Barack Obama’s “Pragmatism”
A look at Obama’s “pragmatism”.
Edward Zwick on Defiance
A look at Edward Zwick’s foreword from the new edition of Defiance, soon to be a major motion picture.