Tag: History

Dennis Bensur leads students, staff and faculty in a presentation of the colors during the 18th annual Veterans Day assembly at Elk Valley Elementary School in Lake City on Nov. 9. Bensur, 69, of Girard, is a Vietnam veteran who served in the U.S. Army.

Beltway Confidential

On World War I Armistice anniversary, time for civilians to revive Veterans Day

Beth Bailey · November 10, 2018 7:53 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., confer during a news conference on June 13, 2018.

Michael Barone: Neither party’s prayers were answered

Michael Barone · November 8, 2018 2:47 am

The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington is shrouded in fog early in the morning.

Democratic win in the House was a swell but no blue wave

David Mark · November 7, 2018 9:33 pm

Fighters with Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, wave Iraqi flags while mourners and family members prepare to bury the body of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias who was killed in a US airstrike in Iraq on Friday, in Wadi al-Salam, or "Valley of Peace" cemetery, during his funeral procession in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020.

Beltway Confidential

More trade only finances Iran's regime — sanctions can pressure them

Michael Rubin · November 5, 2018 1:29 pm

This Nov. 4, 2008 file photo shows then-President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama acknowledging the crowd after he delivered his victory speech at his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago. The 2008 elections painted a dire picture for the future of the Republican Party, but demographic changes offer hope for the GOP. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama alumni mark 10th anniversary of historic 2008 presidential win

Naomi Lim · November 5, 2018 3:50 am

The Doctor’s Garden

Paula Deitz · November 4, 2018 9:54 am

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Red Alert Politics

How Margaret Thatcher defined my conservatism

Kelsie Scarim · November 2, 2018 4:00 am

A person pauses in front of Stars of David with the names of those killed in a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018.

What the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter didn’t understand about Jews

Philip Klein · October 31, 2018 12:08 am

Beltway Confidential

Harry Truman’s haunted White House

J. Mark Powell · October 31, 2018 12:00 am

One of the largest armies of unemployed men parade in Washington, D.C., on bike, wagons, and on foot, on the first Labor Day observance, Sept. 3, 1894. Shown are Jacob S. Coxey's "Army of the Commonweal of Christ," with Coxey in the buggy at right, wearing a light suit.

Beltway Confidential

The story behind the first caravan to march on Washington

J. Mark Powell · October 30, 2018 12:30 pm

Dagger and Swagger

Gary Saul Morson · October 28, 2018 8:59 am

Civil Discourse and the Fate of Republics

Ian Lindquist · October 28, 2018 8:50 am