The Question of Genocide, Revisited
Israel's destruction of Gaza has caused a rift among Holocaust historians and genocide scholars. They're at odds with one another over what to call it. Is it genocide? Another category of war crime? O...
28 Jan 202555min
Jimmy Carter, the Shah, and the Ayatollah
Jimmy Carter (1924-2024) was hailed as an exemplary leader on human rights whose presidency was ruined by crises outside his control, none worse than the hostage crisis in Iran. This favorable view el...
24 Jan 20251h 2min
Biden in History
Democrat Joseph R. Biden's very long political career is now over. The man first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972 reached the pinnacle of power at 78 years old when he defeated Republican Donald Tru...
21 Jan 20251h 2min
Trumpism After Trump, Revisited
On the eve of Donald Trump's second inauguration, many Americans are struggling to explain how we got here again. Are past narratives failing to help us understand the present? The history of conserva...
17 Jan 202556min
Trump and the Panama Canal
President-elect Donald Trump says China has taken over the Panama Canal. In a news conference, Trump said U.S. military force may be necessary to seize the canal, which would abrogate the 1978 treaty ...
14 Jan 202553min
The Folly of Mass Deportation
President-elect Donald Trump, who has said illegal immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country," vows his administration will implement the largest deportation program in U.S. history. Mass dep...
10 Jan 202544min
To Love the Bomb
A new nuclear arms race is underway. Almost all the landmark treaties of the Cold War and post-Cold War period restricting the U.S. and Russian arsenals are no longer in effect, having been abrogated ...
7 Jan 20251h 1min
Consequences of President Carter
On Dec. 29, 2024, James Earl Carter died at 100. From 1977 to 1981, he was the 39th president of the United States. Carter's passing reignited a debate over the successes and failures of his one term ...
3 Jan 202543min
