Tag: History

Obama released five Taliban members from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for the return of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who had been taken hostage. (Image courtesy screenshot)

National Security

U.S. ransoming hostages: It’s not the first time

Jacqueline Klimas · August 6, 2016 4:48 pm

What Is a President’s Job Description?

Max Bloom · August 5, 2016 4:15 pm

Reflecting on the Whitman Murders, 50 Years Later

Philip Terzian · August 1, 2016 8:05 pm

Hillary Clinton leaned strongly left on crime, while Trump declared himself the law and order candidate. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Law and order issues make a political comeback

Sean Higgins · July 31, 2016 4:01 am

Older Republicans may not recognize today's party as the party of Dwight Eisenhower. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Whose GOP is this?

Fuad Suleiman · July 30, 2016 4:02 am

Women have played a major role in U.S. politics going back long before ratification of the 19th Amendment. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Clinton’s ascension a century in the making

Michael Barone · July 25, 2016 4:01 am

The best recent apples to apples comparison is the tough situations Ronald Reagan and President Obama faced. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The country would be better off with a Republican president

Peter Morici · July 22, 2016 4:03 am

"If you love our country, and if you love you children the way that I know that you do, stand, and speak, and vote your conscience." (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

The Republican Party’s crisis of conscience

Timothy P. Carney · July 21, 2016 11:40 pm

When the Republicans nominated Barry Goldwater, many liberal Republicans declined to endorse him or made very clear their disagreements with and distaste for the nominee. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

When opposing your party’s nominee was common

Michael Barone · July 20, 2016 10:25 pm

The Chilcot inquiry is vital not only for what it says, but for what it does. (Jeff J Mitchell/Pool via AP)

National Security

Why the Chilcot inquiry matters

Daniel DePetris · July 19, 2016 4:03 am

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni found that less than one-third of the undergraduate history majors at the top colleges and universities in the country require even a single U.S. history course. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

A union of dunces

Eric Bledsoe · July 15, 2016 5:31 pm

Ken Burns called Trump "glaringly unqualified" and "an insult to our history." (Photo by Christopher Smith/Invision/AP, File)

Historians launch Facebook page denouncing Trump

Gabriella Ciuffetelli · July 13, 2016 7:00 pm