Tag: History

His influence spanned several decades, and I was one of several Presidents who benefited from his wisdom and counsel," Obama said in a statement Saturday. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz)

National Security

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush offer praise to the late Zbigniew Brzezinski

Daniel Chaitin · May 27, 2017 12:19 pm

Beltway Confidential

The surprising history of Arlington National Cemetery

Emily Jashinsky · May 27, 2017 7:30 am

Founders’ Keepers

Jay Cost · May 19, 2017 6:15 am

"It feels like everything is up in the air, everything is chaotic and there's a lack of leadership coming from the White House. That's what seems different," Collins said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Susan Collins: Trump more sidetracked by scandal than Nixon was

Sean Langille · May 18, 2017 1:30 pm

In business, when you win in a deal, you win and it's over. But in politics it's seldom that clear. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

When will voters tell Donald, ‘You’re fired’?

Noemie Emery · May 16, 2017 4:05 am

Reagan, governor of California, was in the midst of his first quest for the presidency. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)

Fifty years ago today: Reagan enters the world stage

Gene Kopelson · May 15, 2017 4:05 am

The famous Watergate reporter said the president has long been "impulsive." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

Bob Woodward on Comey controversy: ‘This is not yet Watergate, not yet a clear crime’

Anna Giaritelli · May 14, 2017 2:12 pm

Southern Texas University gave the Republican senator the boot the day before graduation. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Historically black college cancels John Cornyn’s commencement speech

Anna Giaritelli · May 13, 2017 1:37 am

A progressive historian compared former President Barack Obama to a sellout for how he changed as a person and politician in Chicago as he moved to the Senate and the White House. (Courtesy of The Office of Barack and Michelle Obama via AP)

Progressive historian ‘disturbed’ by Obama’s political shifts to win White House

Anna Giaritelli · May 9, 2017 1:27 am

"Adolf Hitler practically abolished German unemployment within five years, and Franklin Roosevelt triggered a spectacular recovery and reindustrialization with the New Deal," wrote British economist Paul Mason, author of the book PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future, in a column for the magazine's issue cover-dated May 22-29. (Image courtesy screenshot)

The Nation prints essay praising Nazi economy, ponders end of capitalism

Sean Higgins · May 8, 2017 8:33 pm

The American Revolution Was a Great Idea

Mark Hemingway · May 8, 2017 6:31 pm

"I am a firm believer in 'keep your history before you' and so I don't actually want to rename things that were named for slave owners," she said. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Condoleezza Rice: Don’t sanitize history by taking down monuments

Kyle Feldscher · May 8, 2017 5:03 pm