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Windshield Pockmarks and Police Behavior by Jim Loewen In the Seattle windshield scare of 1954 there's a lesson that can help us understand what's happened in Ferguson.

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History of New Year's Celebrations in Russia The new year in Russia formerly started on March 1, then on September 1, and only since 1700 has it been marked on January 1.

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Did Drought and Climate Change cause Middle Eastern States to Collapse in 2014? by Juan Cole Climate change not only makes agricultural problems worse, it has a direct negative affect. When it is hot, people fight more.

America: Australia's Dangerous Ally by Malcolm Fraser Australia should not embrace America, writes its former prime minister, but preserve itself from Washington’s reckless overreach.

New Attack on the ‘Comfort Women’ by Nogawa Motokazu The Abe Cabinet continues its attempts to distort the ‘comfort women’ issue, making the most of Asahi Shimbun’s 5th August retraction of its past articles that employed the late Yoshida Seiji’s ‘testimonies.’

The myth that police were targets of widespread violence in the 1970s lives again by Tony Platt Contrary to popular perceptions, there are very few documented cases of politically motivated assassinations of state officials in the United States.

Are liberal politicians responsible for the violence against the police? by Jonathan Zimmerman Let’s stop blaming groups for the behavior of individuals.

Lincoln at Gettysburg by Diana Schaub The most obvious problem in approaching Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is that we know it so well.

Is history what you think you remember? by Paul Krugman 1980 and all that

Henry Kissinger’s still got plenty new to say about foreign policy by Niall Ferguson A review of his new book.

A family survives the Armenian genocide and its long aftermath by Raffi Khatchadourian A century after the Armenian genocide, many details of its origins remain obscure. The pervasive state denial has corrupted access to official archives—with some closed, and others open in limited ways—and forced upon the research the distortions of politics.

Private Mercenaries and the War on Terror in American Foreign Policy by Jeremy Kuzmarov A blueprint for American strategy in the War on Terror was the 1959-1975 secret war in Laos, where the CIA worked with hundreds of civilian contractors

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Chicago Obama library bids in trouble; foundation has 'major concerns' with U. of C. proposal “There are major concerns with the three potential sites in the University of Chicago proposal given the fact that neither the school nor the City of Chicago control the sites.”

Looking Back: Those We Lost in 2014 This year produced many deaths that stunned the country if not the world, in the fields of news, arts, sciences, politics and athletics.

Census Bureau’s Plan to Cut Marriage and Divorce Questions Has Academics Up in Arms If the Census Bureau proceeds with a recently released plan, then in a few years’ time, we will know very little about how the contours of family life are changing.

Children’s Grave Offers Insight Into Earliest Americans In an ancient burial site in Alaska, researchers find hints of cultural links between the New World and eastern Asia.

Citing historical inaccuracy, Egypt bans 'Exodus' film Government officials from the country's Ministry of Culture determined the film was tainted by historical mistakes.

Dracula’s Dungeon To Be Opened For Online Tourists It will soon be possible to view this dungeon online, as a part of a project to digitally as well as physically restore the castle.

Filmmaker Finds Nazi Atomic Bomb Research Bunker Located in the hills surrounding the Austrian town of St. Georgen an der Gusen, the vast site covers an area of up to 75 acres.