I covered the 1989 fight over George H.W. Bush's secretary of defense nominee. It feels awfully familiar.

[Quentin P. Taylor is an assistant professor of history and political science at Rogers State University, Claremore, Oklahoma.] “The story of ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ was written solely ...

Wesley Millett and Gerald White are the authors of The Rebel and the Rose. In April 1865, the Civil War ended for most Americans. The war, and its various aspects, continues to capture the ...

John Burnett, reporting for NPR about the history of Kellogg, Brown & Root, the construction company at the center of controversy in Iraq (Dec. 24, 2003): I'm standing here below Mansfield Dam, 12 ...

Mr. Flynn is the executive director of Accuracy in Academia and author of the newly released, :Why the Left Hates America: Exposing the Lies That Have Obscured Our Nation’s Greatness." Who is ...

Two vice presidents resigned: John C. Calhoun (served under Andrew Jackson) and Spiro Agnew (served under Richard Nixon). The vice presidency has been vacant due to resignation or death a total of ...

Mr. Miller has been a speaker with the Organization of American Historians (OAH) Distinguished Lectureship Series since 1999. The Buffalo Bill Historical Center at Cody, Wyoming, displays an-oil ...

David Waldstreicher is Professor of History at Temple University. His latest book is Slavery's Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification (Hill and Wang, 2009). This article originally appeared ...

Mr. Mokhiber is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Corporate Crime Reporter. Mr. Weissman is editor of the Washington, D.C.-based Multinational Monitor. They are co-authors of Corporate ...

Gerhard L. Weinberg is emeritus professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II (Cambridge University ...

view of the gun is as deep a superstition as any that affected Native Americans in the 17th century.

Mr. Garst is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens and the author of "Chasing John Henry in Alabama and Mississippi: A Personal Memoir of Work in Progress" Tributaries ...