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On Other Websites: Week of March 5, 2012

  • James C. Cobb: Taking an Ideological Ax to U.S. History
  • Michael Kazin: Why ‘Crony Capitalism’ is as American as Apple Pie
  • Walter Russell Mead: America is Stuck with the Mideast.
  • William Cronon: Why We Should Avoid an Overly-Narrow Definition of "Professional History"
  • Jonathan Zimmerman: Rush Limbaugh 'Slut' Comment Reveals a Double Standard on Sex
  • Louis Galambos: Dwight Eisenhower, Quiet Radical
  • Robert Fisk: Is Homs An Echo of What Happened in Srebrenica?
  • Geoffrey Kabaservice: Why Mitt Romney’s Whole Career Is Making His Father Roll Over in His Grave
  • James Poulos: Why Europe Needs Another Napoleon
  • William McGurn: Reagan Was A Sure Loser Too