Historian John Barry, author of "The Great Influenza," says the U.S. might achieve herd immunity relatively soon, but thousands more Americans could needlessly die from COVID-19 this winter. Published November 10, 2021
Former Virginia congresswoman Barbara Comstock believes Glenn Youngkin's victory can help the party move beyond Trumpism. To win back the White House, the conservative Comstock says the GOP must move on. Published November 8, 2021
Moments of vigorous legislating and major structural reform have been rare in American history for the same reasons why President Biden's ambitious agenda is in peril. Published November 3, 2021
Is there anything new to learn about Nixon and Watergate? Yes, the lessons are as relevant as ever. Published November 1, 2021
Thirty-one Octobers ago, Germany suddenly and irreversibly reunified. As Angela Merkel prepares to step aside, an acclaimed historian looks back at the events that led to Germany's best decades. Published October 26, 2021
Since its independence more than 200 years ago, Haiti has not escaped a cycle of poverty, violence, and instability. Its history explains why. Published October 25, 2021
A historian assesses the legacy of a warrior-statesman whose public career spanned four decades of momentous events. Published October 20, 2021
Today the Reserve Officers' Training Corps is considered an important pillar of the U.S. military establishment, but its prosaic presence obscures its controversial birth. Once upon a time, many Americans feared "Prussianism." Published October 18, 2021
It is easy to forget that for most of the country's history there was no U.S. military presence in the Middle East. It needs to be that way again, says Andrew Bacevich. Published October 13, 2021
The possibility of war over Taiwan's unresolved fate, an impasse dating to 1949, is overshadowing the development of the Biden administration's soft power approach to confronting China's economic coercion in the Indo-Pacific. Published October 11, 2021
As another Columbus Day approaches, the legacy of the Genoese navigator remains as controversial as ever. Published October 6, 2021
A historian explains how colonists, the enslaved, and Native Americans dealt with the decade-defining smallpox epidemic of the 1770s. Published October 4, 2021
Sixty years ago Eisenhower warned the nation about the dangers of the "military-industrial complex." We ignored him, and correcting course seems close to impossible. Published September 29, 2021
Fifty years after Richard Nixon declared drug use "public enemy number one" and decades after Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No," the disastrous war on drugs carries on with no end in sight. Published September 27, 2021
Knowledge of the Holocaust among adults and young people is superficial. Experts say the fading memory is not unrelated to a resurgence of anti-Semitism in the U.S. and Europe. Published September 22, 2021
Peter Bergen, leading authority on al-Qaeda and international jihad, explains the purpose of his new book, "The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden." Published September 20, 2021
Beginning with General Washington's requirement to inoculate the Continental Army against smallpox, vaccine mandates have been the norm -- because they work. Published September 15, 2021
Critics are accusing the Supreme Court of excessive partisanship and ideological rigidity. The court "has always been ideological," says one expert. Published September 13, 2021
The Global War on Terror produced a string of intractable calamities, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives and costing U.S. taxpayers trillions of dollars. It is a story of colossal failure with tragic consequences. Published September 8, 2021
The U.S., working with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, helped turn Afghanistan into a cradle of international jihadism four decades ago, a decision that continues to haunt Washington to this day. Published September 6, 2021
