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2001 Articles Archive

Ira Chernus: "The Case of the Disappearing Vice President" [presidential stability and the vice presidency] (distributed 1/3/01)

James C. Williams: "Energy, Deregulation, and Prosperity" [deregulation as a result of blind faith in the free market economy] (distributed 1/3/01)

Michael Creswell: "Foreign Policy Doesn't Need a Mandate" [Bush's opportunity for effective foreign policy] (distributed 1/13/01)

K.R. Constantine Gutzman: "Break Up The States?" [reform of the electoral college] (distributed 1/18/01)

Ira Chernus: "Rumsfeld May Spark Space Weapons Debate" [missile defense and the threat of the militarization of space] (distributed 1/23/01)

Stephen A. Allen: "Nixon and China, Bush and Cuba?" [President Bush and the opportunity to normalize relations with Cuba] (distributed 2/5/01)

Michael Richards: "Historical Analogies: Handle With Care" [President Bush, "Thirteen Days," and the lessons of Munich, 1938] (distributed 2/5/01)

Kevin R. Kosar: "An Historic Opportunity in Education [President Bush's opportunity to reform public education in general, and Title I in particular] (distributed 2/13/01)

James M. Banner, Jr.: "How We Learned to Love the Constitution" [the elections of 1800 and 2000, and the stability of the Constitution] (distributed 2/13/01)

Norman Markowitz: "Can Sharon Too Become a Peacemaker?" [Ariel Sharon and the possibilities for peace in the Middle East] (distributed 2/16/01)

Ira Chernus: "The Dark Side of "Faith-Based Initiatives" [the 19th century roots of "compassionate" conservatism and faith-based initiatives] (distributed 2/21/01)

James C. Williams: "An Energy Plan For You!" [George W. Bush and the supply-side energy policy] (distributed 3/28/01)

Ira Chernus: "The Next Cold War?" [Geoge W. Bush and the threat of cold war with China] (distributed 4/26/01)

Victoria de Grazia: "A Media King Becomes Prime Minister (Again)" [Silvio Berlusconi's rise as prime minister of Italy, and the source of his power] (distributed 5/16/01)

Andrew M. Schocket: "Faith-Based Groups Should Be Careful What Whey Wish For" [faith-based initiatives and conflicts with traditions cencerning church and state] (distributed 6/11/01)

Ira Chernus: "Sowing Nuclear Seeds of Division" [Bush's space-based weapons initiative compared to divisive nature of Eisenhower's nuclear initiative] (distributed 6/22/01)

William C. Kashatus: "Common Sense: Salute Paine, Not Jefferson, on the Fourth" [the vital role Thomas Paine played in forming revolutionary ideology] (distributed 6/27/01)

James M. Banner, Jr.: "Historical Truths and Personal Truth" [historical integrity and the ethics of teaching] (distributed 6/27/01)

Richard D. Friedman: "Windows and the Bench: Microsoft and the Judges" [Microsoft and the current judicial attitudes toward antitrust suits] (distributed 7/8/01)

Nikolas K. Gvosdev: "First World War of the Twenty-First Century?" [the need for a broad-minded approach to global affairs by the U.S. in the 21st century] (distributed 7/16/01)

William Lambers: "Test Ban Treaty: A Better Shield Than Missile Defense" [the missile defense system an violation of the ABM Treaty] (distributed 7/16/01)

Michael Richards: "Hitler's Gamble with Destiny, 1941" [Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in historical perspective] (distributed 7/26/01)

Uday Mohan and Leo Maley III: "Hiroshima: Military Voices of Dissent" [continuing debate on the decision to drop the bomb] (distributed 7/26/01)

D. Keith Naylor: "Conservation -- An American, and Republican, Tradition" [conservation and the Republican roots of the traditional conservation ethic] (distributed 7/31/01)

Joseph A. McCartin: "Marking a Tragic Anniversary" [the declining position of organized labor on the anniversary of the air traffic controllers strike] (distributed 8/3/01)

Norman Markowitz: "Social Security Reform for All?" [the solid future of Social Security and prospects for reform] (distributed 8/16/01)

Alfred L. Brophy: "Ivy and Slavery" [the legacy of Yale University's complicity with slavery] (distributed 8/20/01)

Michael Creswell: "Don't Compare America Now With Britain Then" [faulty comparisons between the U.S. of 2001 and Britain of 1920s and 1930s] (distributed 8/29/01)

Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom: "History Shadows U.S.-China Relations" [comparison between the spy plane imbroglio and the settlement of the Boxer Rebellion] (distributed 9/1/01)

Ira Chernus: "Zionist Idea of Security Blocks Path to Peace" [the historical context of Zionism and the Israeli need for dominance in the Middle East] (distributed 9/6/01)

John H. Barnhill: "Make Residency, Not Just Working, Legal" [nativism, restrictionism, and calls for more open immigration policies] (distributed 9/10/01)

K.R. Constantine Gutzman: "On the Verge of War, Look Before You Leap" [the often unexpected results of the quick use of military force] (distributed 9/14/01)

Edward T. O'Donnell: "Another Pearl Harbor? Not by a Longshot" [inappropriate analogies between the World Trade Center/Pentagon terrorist attacks and the attack on Pearl Harbor (distributed 9/14/01)

Henry Butterfield Ryan: "The End of a 'Safe America'" [the myth of an inviolable U.S., and its ramifications for U.S.-Middle East relations] (distributed 9/15/01)

Keith Edgerton: "War Can Take On a Life of Its Own" [the unforeseeable results of military reactions to terrorism] (distributed 9/15/01)

Beverly Gage: "The First Wall Street Bomb" [historical precedent to New York terror bombings] (distributed 9/17/01)

Stacy B. Haldi: "Terrorism: A New Kind of War?" [old nature of "new" war on civilian populations] (distributed 9/17/01)

Michael Creswell: "Rumsfeld Must Modernize U.S. Armed Forces" [the need for a different kind of military for a different kind of war] (distributed 9/18/01)

Max Page: "The 'Unimaginable' Has, in Fact, Often Been Imagined [predictions, in popular culture, of disasters in New York] (distributed 9/18/01)

Donald R. Shaffer: "The Osama bin Laden of 1916" [earlier precedent in Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, NM] (distributed 9/19/01)

Sherman Dorn: "War May Raise Serious Issues at Home" [the current call to arms and the need for "moral consistency" at home] (distributed 9/19/01)

Daniel Szechi: "Responding to Terror: No Good Choices" [lack of attractive alternatives in the American response to terror attacks] (distributed 9/20/01)

David Greenberg: "The New Species of Terrorism" [religious terrorism and world opinion] (distributed 9/20/01)

Nicholas Gvosdev: "Not Only Action but Accountability" [The war on terrorism and the lessons of World War II] (distributed 9/21/01)

Robert S. McElvaine: "Black Tuesday II" [September 11 as combination of Pearl Harbor and Black Tuesday] (distributed 10/1/01)

Stacy B. Haldi: "Why Afghanistan Will Not Be a Quagmire" [unique characteristics differentiating the present conflict from past Afghan wars] (distributed 10/2/01)

Allan M. Winkler: "War Can Threaten Civil Liberties at Home" [examples from the past of the violation of the civil liberties of perceived enemies at home] (distributed 10/3/01)

Diane M.T. North: "How Does a Nation Protect Itself in Wartime?" [the Office of Homeland Security and protection of constitutional liberties] (distributed 10/4/01)

Robert Brent Toplin: "War and "The Law of Unintended Consequences" [calls for intensified analysis to foresee the unexpected results of our actions] (distributed 10/5/01)

Michael Creswell: "The United States Must Learn From the Soviet War in Afghanistan" [calls for careful study of reasons the Soviets failed in Afghanistan] (distributed 10/6/01)

John H. Barnhill: "Security May Be Too Expensive" [the Mobilization Against Terrorism Act and the potential loss of civil liberties] (distributed 10/7/01)

Andrew M. Schocket: "A Golden Opportunity for the Social Security Trust Fund" [a rare chance to make the most out of extra cash in the Social Security fund] (distributed 10/8/01)

Ira Chernus: "Bush Should Consider the Fate of Wartime Presidents" [advises that Bush should heed the examples of Eisenhower in Korea and Johnson in Vietnam] (distributed 10/9/01)

Timothy M. Roberts: "The 1942 Internments and Today's Security Crisis" [the lessons of the discriminatory policies of the homefront during World War II] (distributed 10/11/01)

Michael W. Flamm: "A New War Like -- Vietnam?" [application--and misapplication--of historical analogies to the war on terrorism] (distributed 10/12/01)

Norman Markowitz: "The Four Freedoms in the War Against Terrorism" [call for return to FDR's Four Freedoms as basis for US foreign policy] (distributed 10/23/01)

Andrew M. Schocket: "Sharing the Burdens of War" [costs of the war on terrorism is being borne disproportionately by the poor] (distributed 11/6/01)

Rachel Buff: "United We Stand? The Unequal Costs of Mobilization" [the political, economic, and social ramifications of national mobilization] (distributed 11/13/01)

Beverly Gage: "Attorneys General Who Cry Wolf" [lessons for John Ashcroft from A. Mitchell Palmer of 1920" (distributed 11/14/01)

Allan M. Winkler: "Propaganda: Necessary but Difficult" [the problems with forging a coherent propaganda initiative] (distributed 11/20/01)

Ira Chernus: "Pearl Harbor Myth Poses Dangers" [the use, and misuse, or myth in the currnet international conflict] (distributed 12/3/01)

John H. Barnhill: "Walker's Misguided -- But No Traitor" [in Constitutional, and historical terms, John Walker, "the American Taliban," did not commit treason] (distributed 12/19/01)

David S. Foglesong: "Russia -- Ten Years After the Fall" [calls for patience as Russia continues a painful transition] (distributed 12/20/01)

Pictured at top (left to right): Pope Urban II orders the First Crusade, Johann Sebastian Bach, Sacajawea, William Jennings Bryan, part of the concentration camp at Auschwitz, Microsoft founder and CEO Bill Gates.