WWI: Hail-or Farewell WWI: Hail-or Farewell
Woodrow Wilson ran for reelection in 1916 on the slogan "He Kept Us Out of War"—for three years, anyway.
May 12, 2009 / Feature / James Rorty
Obama and Wanda Sykes Bring the Laughs Obama and Wanda Sykes Bring the Laughs
The president and comedian Wanda Sykes laugh off some of the recent Republican attacks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
May 11, 2009 / Think Progress
Geithner’s Stressless Stress Tests Geithner’s Stressless Stress Tests
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner reveals the results of the banks' written exams. All nineteen banks passed...the pass/pass test
May 11, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
Reagan Wins: The Hollow Man Reagan Wins: The Hollow Man
Like a veteran door-to-door salesman, Ronald Reagan is a huckster, only instead of vacuum cleaners, he peddles fear--so successfully that he is now president of the United States.
May 6, 2009 / Richard Lingeman
Grace Under Pressure in Harrisburg Grace Under Pressure in Harrisburg
Residents near the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor meet the fallout threat with uncommon grace and even humor.
May 6, 2009 / Feature / Ira D. Rosen
Into the Wardrobe: C.S. Lewis’s Narnia Into the Wardrobe: C.S. Lewis’s Narnia
Laura Miller's study of C.S. Lewis falls short of providing a coherent theory of Narnia's magic.
May 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Davis
Red Harvest: The KGB in America Red Harvest: The KGB in America
A new book on cold war espionage falsely accuses I.F. Stone of being a paid Soviet agent.
May 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan
WWII: The United States and the War WWII: The United States and the War
World War II breaks out in Europe, but The Nation (getting it wrong) says it presents no threat to the US, and we will not join the fighting.
May 5, 2009 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard
Lessons From the Titanic Lessons From the Titanic
The terrible tragedy of the Titanic was entirely preventable.
May 5, 2009 / The Editors
The End of Herbert Hoover The End of Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt is elected on the promise of a new deal, something the country needs desperately.
May 5, 2009 / The Editors