Reading Time: 3 minutes 60 years this month Nikita Khrushchev blew the whistle on (the safely deceased) Josef Stalin’s crimes
Author: Pat Murphy
Maybe Donald Trump isn’t a buffoon after all
Reading Time: 4 minutes It may be time to shed the glib condescension
Operation Desert Storm 25 years later
Reading Time: 3 minutes Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait and the American response dramatically impacted the politics of the Middle East
Integration just isn’t what it used to be
Reading Time: 3 minutes Assimilation has become a dirty word, with anyone who advocates it liable to be accused of promoting cultural genocide
The political implosion of Jeb Bush
Reading Time: 3 minutes When the going gets rough his political skills turn out to be surprisingly clunky
Christmas books for the history buff
Reading Time: 3 minutes If your Christmas shopping list includes a history buff, here’s a handful of 2015 titles that will definitely solve your problem
Frank Sinatra at 100
Reading Time: 3 minutes To say that Sinatra liked wine, women and song would be putting far too romantic a spin on it
King Arthur and the crafty monks of Glastonbury
Reading Time: 3 minutes Glastonbury Abbey perpetuated the King Arthur legend to find the money to rebuild their abbey which burnt-down in 1184
History passes judgment on Nuremberg Trials
Reading Time: 3 minutes A classic case of victor’s justice masquerading as a modern judicial proceeding
The unlikely pair who defrosted the Cold War
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reagan and Gorbachev managed to do what had seemed impossible, essentially ending the Cold War 30 years ago this month