Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

	Up Front New Opposition to Old Sports Mascots Jim Loewen When will racist and offensive "Indian" mascots finally be retired? Tags: mascots, Native Americans, racism, sports Calling All Family Historians: Ideas for New York Times Column? Stephanie Coontz I'll be writing a guest column on family/gender in May and June -- if you've been doing some interesting research to highlight, let me know! Tags: family history, gender history, New York Times, research POLL: Have You Engaged with the History of Capitalism? The New York Times ran a major story yesterday profiling the new historians of capitalism. Why haven't other historians jumped on board? Tags: economic history, historians, history of capitalism, polls Education Do the Common Core Standards Flunk History? Craig Thurtell By putting historical documents in the hands of English teachers, Common Core does a discredit to both disciplines. Tags: curriculum, education, national history standards, Common Core Gilder Lehrman's Common Core Problem Alan Singer The "First Emancipation" lesson plan is both Common Core and Gilder Lehrman at their worst. Tags: curriculum, emancipation, Gilder Lehrman, education News at Home Social Security Cuts: More Than Money At Stake Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica There's a simple and easy way to save Social Security (hint: raising taxes), but no one wants to talk about it. Tags: Social Security, FDR, budget, fiscal policy News Abroad The AP Capitulates to the Muslim Brotherhood Walid Phares No more use of the term "Islamists." Tags: Associated Press, CAIR, Islamists, Muslim Brotherhood Francis and Xi: More Similar Than You Think Jeffrey Wasserstrom The succession rituals of the Catholic Church and the Chinese Communist Party are surprisingly similar. Tags: Catholic Church, China, Pope Francis, Xi Jinping Georgia's On Again/Off Again Relationship with Joseph Stalin Alicia Hooper A new, quasi-dictatorial regime is bringing Uncle Joe back into favor. Tags: Joseph Stalin, Georgia, historical memory, communism Historians & History The Chaotic and Bloody Aftermath of WWII in Europe Robin Lindley Author and historian Keith Lowe on his groundbreaking history Savage Continent Tags: World War II, Europe, refugees, Keith Lowe Culture Watch Paying Tribute to the Master of Suspense Bruce Chadwick The Radiotheatre: Alfred Hitchcock Theater Festival kicks off to a rousing start. Tags: plays, radiotheatre, theater reviews, Alfred Hitchcock Books Review of Nate Silver's The Signal and the Noise Jim Cullen The strengths and limitations of Big Data. Tags: 538 blog, Nate Silver, art of prediction, Signal and the Noise Review of Albert J. Figone's Cheating the Spread Luther Spoehr Corruption in college sports is as American as apple pie, but it took the point spread to turn corruption into an institution.