Week of May 16, 2011

Up Front

HNN's Independent Historians: Jeffrey B. Perry

House Bill Introduced to Eliminate Teaching American History Grants

News at Home

The Path to a Steady-State Economy
Eric Zencey

News Abroad

Ding Dong, but Which is Dead?
James Livingston

The Bin Laden Killing and American Exceptionalism
Michael H. Hunt

The Ghost of Geronimo
Marcus Daniel

The Ironic History of Palestine
Alan H. Luxenberg

Washington Court Culture and Its Endless Wars
William J. Astore

Historians & History

Maybe Add Values Teaching to Our American History Survey Courses?
Vaughn Davis Bornet

A Tour of the Savage City with T.J. English
Aaron Leonard

Why Did China Fall Behind Europe?
R. Bin Wong

Culture Watch

In Defense of Harold Bloom?
Jim Downs

New History Operas on the Way: Monsters and Wars
Bruce Chadwick

A ‘Stark’ View of Racism over the Years in Hollywood
Bruce Chadwick

Books

Review of Emory Thomas's The Dogs of War 1861
Jim Cullen

Review of David K. Shipler's The Rights of the People: How Our Search for Safety Invades Our Liberties
Murray Polner