The Grand Chessboard represents Zbigniew Brzezinski’s plan for the United States in its relations with key nations that make up the region known as Eurasia. Brzezinski believes that Eurasia, which stretches across the entire European and Asian continents, is the key arena where America will have to be engaged and will have to lead other […]
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Errol Morris is back with another fascinating film, part biography, part documentary, about a fascinating individual. His subject is Robert S. McNamara, who served from 1961 to 1968 as the Secretary of Defense under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. The film has been put together through interview sessions with McNamara, White House […]
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When I was driving around New Mexico a few years ago, I was surprised to find a Vietnam veterans memorial near the town of Fire Angel. My afternoon at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park (its current name) was one of the most memorable of my life. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, built in Angel Fire, […]
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Before the 1860s, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, there were small trade unions of artisans, but little if any of what we recognize today as labor unions. That soon began to change. The national labor union was the first union that made any major progress in uniting workers from different industries under one […]
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One of the many controversial Supreme Court cases of the twentieth century was that of the New York Times Company versus the United States. This 1971 case, commonly referred to as the “Pentagon Papers” case, challenged the boundaries of the First Amendment as well as the role of censorship. The premise of the case dealt […]
Worldwide students protested against the Vietnam War. There was a fight between anti war protesters and the Chicago police during a national convention held by democrats. They burned half of Chicago down with these protests that commonly occurred. There was looting and mass hysteria in the streets. Because there were so many children from the […]
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COMMENTARY | Lyndon B. Johnson was a politician who served as a Representative, a Senator, Vice President and the President of the United States. Before that he had a lifetime in Texas politics. With ambitions like that, it’s a small wonder that he found his way to the top office. He was most famous for […]