History

Why It’s Time to Treat the Hammer and Sickle Like the Swastika 1
- History
- August 8, 2018
If someone were to ask you to think of either extreme of the political spectrum, odds are you would immediately picture a swastika at one end, and a hammer and sickle at the other. Regardless of your views of the left-right paradigm, or whether you subscribe to horseshoe theory or not, we (rightfully) tend to
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5 (Other) Times Russia Meddled in U.S. Elections 0
- History
- August 2, 2018
With so much media attention on Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election, it seems we have forgotten the obvious: this is not Russia’s first time meddling in American elections. In fact, Russia has been at this for a while. Yet America is all but undergoing another Red Scare. The Senate Intelligence Committee has held
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Former CIA Boss John Brennan Tweets Fake Lincoln Quote, Won’t Take It Down 0
- History
- July 16, 2018
It’s become a running joke that Abraham Lincoln didn’t actually say half the things attributed to him. Lincoln historians will tell you this phenomenon began almost as soon as the sixteenth president’s life was claimed by John Wilkes Booth, if not before. Yet the problem has only grown more acute in the internet age. The
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How We Discovered Three Poisonous Books in our University Library 0
- History
- July 13, 2018
Some may remember the deadly book of Aristotle that plays a vital part in the plot of Umberto Eco’s 1980 novel The Name of the Rose. Poisoned by a mad Benedictine monk, the book wreaks havoc in a 14th-century Italian monastery, killing all readers who happen to lick their fingers when turning the toxic pages.
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Rights and Political Revolution: When is Violence Justified?0
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- July 10, 2018
When Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his planned retirement from the Court, progressives around the country expressed despair and panic. Many lamented how landmark Court decisions such as Roe v. Wade could be overturned. A common element of these lamentations has been an explicit reference to human rights, which is the focus of a
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Why It’s Okay That the Constitution Isn’t Perfect 0
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- July 9, 2018
In the current political climate, it’s not that unusual to hear the American Constitution maligned. Despite this fact, I was still surprised to hear the Constitution referred to in an article as a “janky” and “antiquated” document which is “falling apart before our very eyes.” No one would assert that the Constitution is perfect. Not even the founders
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