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Why We Shouldn’t Declare War on “Radical Islam" by Andrew Meyer If the U.S. is at war with "radical Islam," is it at war with Iran? With Hezbollah? With Hamas? Unless one can come up with a coherent explanation as to why these groups fall outside of the ambit of radical Islam, the category loses all strategic value.

The French Are Making a Mistake About the Charlie Hebdo Tragedy by James D. Le Sueur They’re focusing on free speech and the separation of church and state when they should be thinking hard about the alienation of Muslims living in France.

How Israel Went from Being a Democratic to a Republican Project by Juan Cole "The audacity of Speaker of the House John Boehner colluding with the prime minister of a foreign country to undermine a sitting president is, I think, still not entirely appreciated."

Can Scott Walker Win the Nomination by a Second Best Strategy? by Ronald Radosh and Allis Radosh A historical precedent suggests the possibility. Remember Warren Harding?

The Complex History of Pain (Interview) by Robin Lindley In her groundbreaking new book "The Story of Pain: From Prayer to Painkillers," renowned British historian Joanna Bourke explores how the understanding of the human sensation of pain has evolved over the past three centuries in the English-speaking world.

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President Obama Needs to Address One More Problem with an Executive Order by Benjamin Hellwege Older Americans are facing rampant job discrimination. The law enacted in 1967 to protect them has been weakened by the Supreme Court. Congress won’t act. Obama should.

The Surprising Reason We Have a Memory by Michio Kaku It's not to remember the past, but to know the future.

What Happens to Historians' Papers After They Die? by Erik Moshe Many donate their papers -- a tradition going back centuries.

Review of Jason Sokol’s “All Eyes Are Upon Us: Race and Politics from Boston to Brooklyn” by Robert Polner In Obama’s America, many whites, even those living in the largely homogeneous suburbs of the Northeast, are still capable of being shocked by eruptions of deep-seated, structural racism. They shouldn't be, as Jason Sokol shows.

Review of Kwame Anthony Appiah's "Lines of Descent: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Emergence of Identity" by Luther Spoehr How late 19th-century German culture influenced the thinking of W.E.B. Du Bois.

Review of Rick Perlstein's "The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan" by Ron Briley Perlstein, seeking to make some sense of the Reagan phenomenon, offers somewhat of a new take on the culture wars of America.

Roundup Top 10! This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.