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Back to SearchTo Cede or Not To Cede
Nearly five months since Russia invaded Ukraine, the war in the eastern Donbas region appears to be a grinding stalemate. Civilians are being pummele…
3 years, 10 months ago
Patterns
Building off recent episodes concerning U.S. involvement in the war in Ukraine, this conversation seeks to understand deeper patterns in U.S. foreign…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Right to Privacy, 1789 to ?
In 1987 the Senate rejected President Reagan's nominee for the Supreme Court, Robert Bork, because his views were considered dangerously outside the …
3 years, 10 months ago
Frederick Douglass and the 4th of July
On July 4, 1852, Frederick Douglass delivered remarks of enduring significance and American eloquence to an audience of abolitionists. He mixed conde…
3 years, 11 months ago
January 6 in the Shadow of Watergate
As the fiftieth anniversary of the Watergate break-in crossed our calendars, the congressional committee investigating ex-President Trump's 'Stop the…
3 years, 11 months ago
Is Putin a Fascist?
What is Vladimir Putin? Russia's dictator has been called a gangster, an autocrat, a Marxist-Leninist, an ultra-nationalist, or a fascist by differen…
3 years, 11 months ago
An Impossible Divorce
President Biden's upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia is an example of reality imposing itself on a situation Mr. Biden vowed to change. In November 2019, …
3 years, 11 months ago
Bonus Episode! HAIH Live w/ Michael Kimmage
This conversation with Catholic University historian Michael Kimmage was featured on C-SPAN's 'American History TV.' Kimmage discusses U.S.-Russia re…
3 years, 11 months ago
The Fate of Res Publica
It may surprise you to learn how much we have in common with Americans of the 1790s: extreme political polarization, crazy conspiracy theories, parti…
3 years, 11 months ago
Andrew Bacevich Has Seen This Movie Before
There is a pattern in U.S. history of a nation seeking redemption through war, attempting to restore its global standing and credibility after a humi…
3 years, 11 months ago