_Jan 22, 20132 min"Peace without victory"On this day in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson called for "peace without victory" in World War I. It was a last forlorn hope to fulfill...
_Jan 18, 20132 minA half-formed nationGerman history in the nineteenth century has long been one of my special interests. In fact, the "Henry Gorlitz" novels on which I am now...
_Jan 17, 20132 minThe Wisdom of IkeIt's become so common a part of our political currency that we may forget how radical it was for the time. On this day in 1961, outgoing...
_Jan 12, 20131 minUnexpected connectionsIn recent years, the commonest question I get from folks who meet me for the first time is, "Did anyone tell you how much you look like...