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Giving Thanks for Football
The story of how Thanksgiving Day and football became intertwined in American history.
Bearings
Meet the Allies
There are numerous challenges to relying on the Northern Alliance, just as there were to backing the South Vietnamese
Lost and Found
Following periods of national crisis, Americans have managed to regain their innocence, only to lose it again in their next bout with reality. Will it be any different this time?
Why We Watch
When real TV coverage trumps ''reality TV'' our desires remain the same
Now Rolling …
Pop-cultural representations of Manhattan and Washington, D.C. -- especially those involving terrorist threats and attacks -- have simultaneously prepared us for this type of tragedy and distanced us from feeling and understanding its impact
Making Things Present
Joseph Ellis is a historian and a liar - a paradox that might just make him a great teacher
Engaging the Enemy.
It is easy to create a monolithic evil portrait of the Taliban, but it is more difficult to find a constructive international policy toward Afghanistan's fundamentalist regime
The Future of History
A new leader at the Smithsonian Institution looks to draw crowds and donations -- not a complex picture of our past
Honest About His Experience
History as Eyewitness News
Take Me Out To The Ballgame?
The reaction to a recent outing of a major league baseball player reveals the (homophobic) ties that bind male sexuality and sport