Tag: History

A Valentine tank is unloaded from a convoy ship in Algiers, Algeria, in November 1942. The Allied Expedition Force's Operation Torch was launched on Nov. 8, 1942, with numerous successful landings along the Algerian coast. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

75 years ago today, America launched its first ground offensive against Nazi Germany

Tom Rogan · November 8, 2017 5:22 pm

China's economy only exploded after Deng Xiaoping and Zhao Ziyang introduced major liberalization reforms to turn China into an export-driven economy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Beltway Confidential

Debunking socialist claims, part 1: Capitalism has not helped the poor

Tom Rogan · November 7, 2017 6:49 pm

Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a German monk, theologian, and church reformer and the translator of the bible into German. He is also considered to be the founder of Protestantism. He lived and worked many years in Wittenberg.

From Martin Luther to the American Revolution

Dan Hannan · November 6, 2017 5:01 am

A wide-ranging 20-page document from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, titled "Martin Luther King, Jr. A Current Analysis," discusses King's alleged ties to communist influences and possible extramarital affairs. (AP Photo/Horace Cort)

FBI document alleges Martin Luther King Jr. may have had child out of wedlock, held events with sex orgies

Daniel Chaitin · November 4, 2017 4:24 am

Part of a file from the CIA, dated Oct. 10, 1963, details "a reliable and sensitive source in Mexico" report of Lee Harvey Oswald's contact with the Soviet Union embassy in Mexico City, that was released for the first time on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, by the National Archives. Documents show U.S. officials scrambling after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to round up information about Lee Harvey Oswald's trip to Mexico City weeks earlier. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Never-before-released JFK files revealed to the public

Daniel Chaitin · November 4, 2017 12:04 am

Screen Time

The Scrapbook · November 3, 2017 7:10 am

Keynes Unable

Helen Andrews · November 3, 2017 7:10 am

A New Grant

Carl Rollyson · November 3, 2017 7:10 am

Guy Fawkes Day celebrates the failed terrorist act of a fanatic who hoped to restore Catholicism as England's official religion after the accession of James I. Reflecting on this week's terrorist New York attack, one might conclude that little changes in this world, except for the precise causes that inspire terrorism. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Guy Fawkes Day: Gunpowder, treason, pickup trucks, and Islam

Washington Examiner · November 2, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. George Murphy, R-Calif., was a former movie star with a sweet tooth who brought some bipartisanship to Congress in 1964 with his famed Candy Desk. The institution survives today and remains a place where lawmakers of any ilk are welcome to a handful of sweets. (AP Photo/John Rous)

Beltway Confidential

No matter how nasty it gets, senators still bond over candy

J. Mark Powell · November 2, 2017 4:01 am

Palestinian activists held a tea party in protest Wednesday. The Balfour Declaration, Britain's promise to Zionists to create a Jewish home in what is now Israel, turns 100 this week, with events in Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Britain drawing attention to the now yellowing document tucked away in London's British Library. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Beltway Confidential

The Balfour Declaration’s 100th anniversary reminds us that history matters

Tom Rogan · November 2, 2017 4:01 am

While people weren't specifically polled about President Trump, the results could be a sign that the new president is stressing people out. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Most see 2017 as a low point in US history

Kara Zupkus · November 1, 2017 7:10 pm