Week of July 16, 2012

Up Front

Obama’s Killing Problem -- Or Ours? Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica

David Barton's The Jefferson Lies Voted the Least Credible History Book in Print

The War on Drugs and the Wars on Mexico Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica

Blogs

Still Waiting... Josh Brown's Life During Wartime

Slavery and “Big Government”: The Emancipation Proclamation’s Lessons 150 Years Later Ira Chernus's MythicAmerica

News at Home

New Scandals Show the Financial System Needs Repair Robert Brent Toplin

News Abroad

Channelling George Washington: The End of China's New Class Thomas Fleming

Historians & History

The Space Needle at Fifty -- Historian and Writer Knute Berger on His History of the Seattle Landmark Robin Lindley

Don't Listen to the Naysayers -- The New Deal Helped to End the Depression Anthony D'Agostino

The Rise of the Nazis, and Other Absurdities in Politics Jerome Braun

Clinton's Laos Visit is an Opportunity to Shed Light on the Devastation of Vietnam Jeremy Kuzmarov

Culture Watch

A Graphic Musical Look at the History of Military Rule in Africa Bruce Chadwick

History Explodes in World War I and the Middle East at New York Theater Festival Bruce Chadwick

Happy Birthday, Woody! Ron Briley

Education

Education Under Siege Caroline V. Hamilton

Books

Review of Eric Alterman's and Kevin Mattson's The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama Robert Parmet

Review of Robert Draper's Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives Jim Cullen