 Why Iran-Contra Proves We Were All Wrong to Think that Ronald Reagan Was Disengagedby James Graham Wilson
In his valuable new book, Malcolm Byrne takes aim at Meese’s version of the story. “In fact,” he argues, “the driving force behind both sides of the scandal was President Reagan himself.”
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 What Would Lincoln Do? Why this Is the Wrong Question.by Todd Brewster
Our troubles are our troubles and they are ours to solve.
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 Ebola: Facts, Opinion, and Lies
Smart commentary and credible news about Ebola.
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 Kent State's Julio Pino goes after colleagues at a journal who urged him to apologize for remarks he made about Israel
by Julio Cesar Pino
"I say most of you study Latin America for the same reason Eichmann learned Hebrew."
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 He Was Scottish and He Changed the World. And Hardly Anyone Knows His Name.by Julian Havil
John Napier was a man of his time, but perhaps not of ours.
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 The Question We Need to Remember to Ask Ourselves If We Want to Keep Our Freedomsby Christopher L. Webber
What if the experiment in liberty should perish from the earth or be limited to America and other western democracies?
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 MLK's Final Year: An Interview with Tavis Smileyby Robin Lindley
For a full understanding of Dr. King, Mr. Smiley urges, Americans must get beyond the stereotype of a civil rights leader and see Dr. King in his full dimension as a human rights advocate with powerful ideas on community, peace and justice.
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 The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israelby Paul Berman
Boycotts are not supposed to go on forever. They are supposed to be practical. Either they work, or fail to work.
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 Why Walter Lippmann Is Still Talked Aboutby Craufurd D. Goodwin
His career should be a model for journalists of the future.
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 This Is the History Behind the Awful Idea that Mankind Is Divided into Racesby Robert Wald Sussman
The new “scientific racism” of the twenty-first century is just the old ideology of 500 years of prejudice dressed up to look new.
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 Looking to Science for Answers About Raceby Michael Yudell
Race of course matters, and so too does the meaning we give it. We have often turned to science for that meaning—to justify beliefs and to provide a vocabulary for explaining human differences. But science too struggles with understanding race.
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 Gaza: How We Got Here ... And the Prospects for Peaceby William R. Polk
The pattern we face today and what lies ahead.
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 Review of Edmund Fawcett’s “Liberalism: The Life of an Idea”by Walter G. Moss
Although the history of ideas or intellectual history sometimes appeals only to a small reading audience, Fawcett’s book should have a broader readership.
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 Review of Stanley Aronowitz's “The Death and Life of American Labor: Toward a New Workers’ Movement”by Robert Parmet
Stanley Aronowitz is again challenging American workers to rethink their place in the economy.
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 Who to Blame for Canada’s Greatest Tragedy?by Bruce Chadwick
Shatter is a strong, powerful story that, while it has its problems, is Christmas come early for history buffs, especially those interested in Canada.
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 Hiroshima Mon Amour Is Back, but with Far Less Powerby Bruce Chadwick
They say that great films stand the test of time; Hiroshima Mon Amour does not.
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 Roundup Top 10!
This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.
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