The Electoral College is UnconstitutionalBy EDWARD DIETRICHThe Electoral College with a limit of 538 electors imposed by The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 is unconstitutional because a person’s vote in Wyoming, for example, is 3.6 times more valuable than a person’s vote in California. |
The Great War Still Echoes – NYTimes.comBy JAKE FLANAGINOne hundred years ago, the shot that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand incited World War I ? and it reverberates on every continent today, JAKE FLANAGIN writes. |
The Great WarMilitarism and Humiliation Cast Shadow on GermanyBy ALISON SMALEA century after World War I began, German leadership in Europe is both desired and resented, an ambivalence keenly felt by both the Germans and their wary neighbors. |
The Great WarThe War to End All Wars? Hardly. But It Did Change Them Forever.By STEVEN ERLANGERWorld War I destroyed kings, kaisers, czars and sultans; it demolished empires; it introduced chemical weapons; it brought millions of women into the work force. |
Jews in Europe Report a Surge in Anti-SemitismBy ANDREW HIGGINSNearly a third of European Jews have considered emigration because of safety fears, according to a new survey, which suggests that prejudices are spreading to new segments of society. |
Op-Ed ContributorIn Hungary, Anti-Semitism Rises AgainBy MARIANNE SZEGEDY-MASZAKMy father saw the devastation of Nazi rule. What would he make of Hungary today? |
26 Percent of World’s Adults Are Anti-Semitic, Survey FindsBy RICK GLADSTONEThe study by the Anti-Defamation League also found that nearly half of the world’s adults have never heard of the Holocaust. |
A Survey SaysThe Role of Elites in Holocaust DenialBy BRENDAN NYHANIn a struggle for political control, a favorite tactic is to scapegoat external enemies to win support. Jews are a popular target. |
A Comprehensive Coronavirus Pandemic TimelineBy EDWARD DIETRICHThis is a comprehensive coronavirus pandemic timeline #CoronavirusTimeline that synthesizes information from major news outlets, medical journals, research institutes, U.S. government websites, databases, documents and public records. |
The Great WarIn Sarajevo, Divisions That Drove an Assassin Have Only Begun to HealBy JOHN F. BURNSNationalist and sectarian passions continue to haunt Bosnia, which was ravaged by a civil war just two decades ago and is even now the scene of dueling efforts to define Gavrilo Princip’s legacy. |
Letter From Europe100 Years After the Great War, the Bad Guy Is Still ElusiveBy ALAN COWELLBlaming German expansionism is simplistic in today’s debate, in which historians think the war’s roots were far more tangled. |
The Great WarBelgians Share Their Land With War’s RemindersBy SUZANNE DALEYA century after hundreds of thousands died around Ypres, their remains are still being found, and shells are still exploding. |
Contributing Op-Ed WriterLost in the PastBy TIMOTHY EGANIt’s not just students who don’t know history. Opinion leaders, corporate titans, politicians, media personalities and educators — dunce caps for all. |
History Survey Stumps U.S. TeensBy SAM DILLONThe results demonstrate that a significant proportion of American teenagers live in “stunning ignorance” of history and literature, according to the group that commissioned the survey. |
The Great WarA Battle in Ukraine Echoes Through the DecadesBy ANDREW HIGGINSDivided loyalties among the citizenry during World War I are still seen in today’s struggle with Russia. |