Civil War

A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.

Wal Mart's War on America

Robert Mackey | Posted 08.21.2008 | Business


Robert Mackey

I received the following yesterday in my inbox, from Jim Campi, communications director of the Civil War Preservation Trust: "Stop the Wilderness Wal...

A New Gettysburg Address

Robert Mackey | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics


Robert Mackey

How should a candidate for president articulate this vision of a better world, in an era of high energy prices, terrorism, health care issues and a host of other problems?

The Rights of Marriage, California Style

Tom Gregory | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living


Tom Gregory

Love, West Hollywood highlights the human side of an inequality that is finally unraveling. We'll see what happens in California in the next six months -- the whole world is watching us.

Confederate Remembrance: Senator Webb, the Confederate Soldier and the Lost Cause

Robert Mackey | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics


Robert Mackey

The simple facts is that the individual Confederate soldier -- from the lowest economic rung and in many cases disenfranchised as the slaves were -- fought for a variety of reasons.

America's 40 Years War at an End

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics


Robert S. McElvaine

RFK and Barack Obama may come to be seen as the bookends of the second American civil war, a war that has divided the nation and been a dominant force in our politics for four decades.

The Estimated Cost of Human Life in Zimbabwe is Four Dollars!

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


Michealene Cristini Risley

The state-backed violence has reached a pinnacle in rural areas. Mugabe and his allies think the rural vote will decide the octogenarian's grip on power.

Liberia's Peace Women: Tribeca 2008 Remembers What the World Overlooked in 2003

Abigail E. Disney | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics


Abigail E. Disney

How was it possible that these Liberian women had accomplished such an enormous feat without having been noticed and reported on by the news outlets I had come to know and trust?

HRC's Choice: Seward or Chase?

David Quigg | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics


David Quigg

Seward and Chase shared the indignity of losing their party's nomination to a relatively inexperienced opponent. That opponent, a guy from Illinois named Abraham Lincoln.

Civil War in Lebanon?

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics


Jamal Dajani

Today, gun battles have erupted in Beirut following a speech by Hezbollah's Secretary General. Has Lebanon become the new battlefield for Saudi Arabia and Iran, or is it edging closer towards civil war?

Not Mexican Independence Day: Cinco de Mayo

Rep. Joe Baca | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics


Rep. Joe Baca

Since 1863, Californians have celebrated the fifth of May, and now people across the U.S. recognize the occasion as well. Yet it is virtually ignored in Mexico.

We're Not Staring Into the Abyss, We're In It

Diane Francis | Posted 04.12.2008 | Politics


Diane Francis

Just as it took Americans decades to clean up New York, the Wild West and Deep South it will take decades to clean up Iraq. Worse yet, Iraq is even more backward than 19th century America.

Hillary's Last Charge

Bob Burnett | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics


Bob Burnett

As Hillary Clinton prepares for her last charge up the political hills of Pennsylvania, she'd do well to remember the bitter lesson learned by the Confederate Army at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Reading The Pictures: The Mighty U.S. Trained And Supported Iraqi Army

Michael Shaw | Posted 03.31.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-03-31-shaw_iraq_army.jpg If the general public was tuning in at all to the current goings-on in Iraq, this image alone could blow a major hole in the administration's rationale for being there.

A Lesson on Presidents' Day From Lincoln's Second Inaugural

Al Eisele | Posted 02.18.2008 | Living


Al Eisele

I'll spend this Presidents Day thinking about what it means to govern during a time of war, and what the duty of the living is to the dead.

Ron Paul is Scary, But Those That Cheer Him Are Even Scarier

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The scariest thing about Paul is that millions seem to agree that his off beat views, especially on race matters, make sense.

Things Karl Rove Just Remembered

Sean Carman | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics


Sean Carman

Watergate was invented by the liberal media as retaliation for the great success of Nixon's law and order presidency.

In Offense of Hip-Hop

Orlando Lima | Posted 11.20.2007 | Media


Orlando Lima

Hip-hop accounts for more empowering music, artwork, dance and writing than any other cultural movement in the history of our country.


 

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