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“This Is Not Frivolous, Mr. Chairman”
, , , Issue 3By excluding from its articles of impeachment the bombing of Cambodia and other covert attacks during the Vietnam War, the House Judiciary Committee strictly limited the scope of Richard Nixon's accountability. More >>>
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Interview With A Founding Father
, , , Issue 4James Wilson was an important but now obscure draftsman of the Constitution. Carry Wills is a journalist and historian fascinated by what went on in the minds of our founders. The two men meet in an imaginary dialogue across the centuries. More >>>
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Lincoln’s Plan For Reconstruction
, , , Issue 4Lincoln painstakingly evolved a plan for harmonious reconstruction of the Union, which Radical Republicans moved to sabotage More >>>
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The Week The World Watched Selma
, , , Issue 4A century after passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, many Southern blacks still were denied the vote. In 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr, set out to change that—by marching through the heart of Alabama. More >>>
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Recognizing Israel
, , , Issue 3The behind-the-scenes struggle in 1948 between the President and the State Department More >>>
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If Lincoln Hadn’t Died...
, , , Issue 6Would the disastrous Reconstruction era have taken a different course? More >>>
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The Battle of Athens
, , , Issue 2The GIs came home to find that a political machine had taken over their Tennessee county. What they did about it astounded the nation. More >>>
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They All Were Born In Log Cabins
, , , Issue 5Aspirants for the White House begin humbly and rise fast in the typical campaign biography More >>>
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The Federal Spending Machine
Senator Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) on Thursday tried to get the Senate to rescind some of this year’s pork barrel spending. His purpose was to provide funds to help rebuild devastated Louisiana and Miss More >>>
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A Few Parchment Pages Two Hundred Years Later
, , , Issue 4The framers of the Constitution were proud of what they had done but might be astonished that their words still carry so much weight. A distinguished scholar tells us how the great charter has survived and flourished. More >>>