Tag: History

In 1986, the Chicago Bears won the Super Bowl. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

What the US looked like the last time we had tax reform

Kara Zupkus · September 28, 2017 9:36 pm

The op-ed "How Did Women Fare in China's Communist Revolution?" tries to show an upside to the brutal Cultural Revolution under Mao Zedong. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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New York Times publishes probably its worst op-ed for 2017

Becket Adams · September 26, 2017 5:37 pm

President Trump speaks to world leaders at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 19 in New York City. (MediaPunch/IPX via AP Images)

Let’s hear it for nationalism

Dan Hannan · September 25, 2017 4:01 am

A sign marking 'Center of the World' along State Route 82 in Center of the World, Ohio. (Justin Merriman for The Washington Examiner)

Lessons from the Center of the World

Salena Zito · September 24, 2017 4:01 am

The former British Prime Minister would have gagged and scoffed at Sanders' pathetic foreign policy speech at Westminster College on Thursday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Here’s what Bernie Sanders could learn from Winston Churchill

Tom Rogan · September 22, 2017 2:51 pm

Trump's bombastic anti-Washington rhetoric, including stabs at Republican party leaders and meetings with Democrats, meant that the two decades of presidential-congressional alignment was likely over. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Michael Barone: A split in the party, a return to normal

Michael Barone · September 21, 2017 9:13 pm

Did the flag incident actually happen? (Wikipedia Commons)

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A famous poem about the Civil War isn’t entirely accurate — who really waved that flag?

J. Mark Powell · September 21, 2017 8:10 pm

Ken Burns' new documentary, "The Vietnam War," has resurrected debate over perhaps our nation's most controversial conflict, with most pundits sharing the view that the war was a needless, corrupt waste of time, treasure, and lives. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

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The Vietnam War was necessary for victory in the Cold War

Steve Levy · September 21, 2017 5:18 pm

Steve Bannon tells us all that the American system was based on economic protectionism -- Hey, it worked in the 19th century so it would work now, right? It's an appealing contention with only one problem - it's wrong. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Where Steve Bannon and other protectionists go wrong on free trade and tariffs

Tim Worstall · September 21, 2017 2:30 pm

Let Trump Be Trump?

Philip Terzian · September 16, 2017 11:08 am

Let Trump Be Trump?

Philip Terzian · September 15, 2017 8:00 am

Officials say they received a report that the monument had been vandalized around 6:30 a.m. and had been painted with the words, "Racist Anthem." (Colin Campbell/Screenshot via Twitter)

Century-old Francis Scott Key monument defaced with ‘racist anthem’ in Baltimore

Sean Langille · September 13, 2017 3:03 pm