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Steve Forbes

Steve Forbes remembers the Cold War

Q&A | WORLD’s May 18 issue includes an interview with magazine editor/business leader Steve Forbes. Here’s some of what we didn’t have room for in the magazine. The Cold War period seems to today’s students almost…

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

Midday Roundup: Chris Christie rescues children, rankles PETA

Newsworthy |  Spidey spin. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie—hero to children and PETA’s new evil nemesis. Christie incurred the wrath of the animal rights group over the…

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, damaged buildings wrecked by an Israeli airstrike are seen in Damascus, Syria.

Globe Trot: Israel targets Syrian weapons with dual airstrikes

International |  Israel, largely staying on the sidelines of Syria’s civil war, this weekend launched a pair of airstrikes,including an attack near a sprawling military…

Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys in a scene from <em>The Americans</em>.

The most startling show on television

Television |  The Americans , which airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern on FX, is the most startling show on television. Not because its adultery-and-violence quotient make…

The visitor center at Thomas Jefferson's home Monticello in Charlottesville, Va.

Getting history right

Religion |  Two professors respond to David Barton’s claim they made ‘mountains out of molehills’ in their critique of his research into Thomas Jefferson and his…

The Mississippi flag.

Slavery finally over in Mississippi

Newsworthy |  Slavery is now officially illegal in Mississippi, a century and a half after most of the rest of the country, thanks to the research of a curious moviegoer…

An 1800 portrait of Thomas Jefferson by artist Rembrandt Peale.

Jefferson and Christianity

Religion |  A history and political science professor at The Master’s College offers a brief review of David Barton’s claims in The Jefferson Lies —and Barton…

Great ‘not in my shoes’ moments in history

Great ‘not in my shoes’ moments in history

Abortion |  1852 Slave hunter Tom Loker catches up with Eliza as she tries to escape to freedom across the frozen Ohio River. An abolitionist shouts at him, “You’re a…

David Barton

No, I'm not wrong

Religion |  David Barton defends his research into the faith of Thomas Jefferson

Warren Throckmorton (left) and Michael Coulter

David Barton is wrong

Religion |  Two conservative college professors critique Barton’s claims about Thomas Jefferson

Dick Morris

Signs and Wonders 12.07

Newsworthy |  Rove, Morris grounded. The day after the election, I mentioned Karl Rove’s late night meltdown, in which he refused to believe increasing evidence—even…

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