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Headline	Author	Date	Dept.
Elena Kagan Could Have Been a Superb Historian Two history professors read the nominee's undergraduate thesis.	David Greenberg and Tony Michels	May 21, 2010	History Lesson
TK	David Greenberg	Jan 31, 2010	History Lesson
Obama's Achilles' Heel What the deficit-commission idea says about his politics.	David Greenberg	Jan 29, 2010	History Lesson
The Case for Watered-Down Legislation What health care reform advocates can learn from the 1957 Civil Rights Act.	Fred Kaplan	Jan 22, 2010	History Lesson
Sarah Palin = Dan Quayle There's no way she will be president.	David Greenberg	Nov 17, 2009	History Lesson
The Old Soldier Hasn't Died Forget about McChrystal; Obama's real problem is MacArthurism.	David Greenberg	Oct 09, 2009	History Lesson
The Obama Haters We still don't understand how fringe conservatism went mainstream.	David Greenberg	Sep 23, 2009	History Lesson
Specter's Shadow Why Arlen Specter's defection should terrify the GOP.	David Greenberg	Apr 29, 2009	History Lesson
Inside Columbine As the assault raged, students fought to keep a wounded teacher alive.	Dave Cullen	Apr 16, 2009	History Lesson
"God I Want to Torch and Level Everything" Columbine killer Eric Harris plans the massacre.	Dave Cullen	Apr 16, 2009	History Lesson
The Four Most Important Lessons of Columbine How "leakage" and the "active shooter protocol" have prevented other tragedies.	Dave Cullen	Apr 16, 2009	History Lesson
Lincoln's Laws of War How he built the code that Bush attempted to destroy.	John Fabian Witt	Feb 11, 2009	History Lesson
Ye Olde Gitmo When Americans were unlawful combatants.	John Fabian Witt	Dec 09, 2008	History Lesson
McCain Ran the Sleaziest Campaign in History? Not even close.	David Greenberg	Nov 05, 2008	History Lesson
Presidential Firepower How FDR saved capitalism in eight days.	David Greenberg	Oct 24, 2008	History Lesson
"Negro to Address Ole Miss Class" The headline you won't be reading about tonight's presidential debate.	Walter Dellinger	Sep 26, 2008	History Lesson
You Won't Learn Much From the Debates But you should watch them anyway.	David Greenberg	Sep 25, 2008	History Lesson
The Write Stuff? Why Biden's plagiarism shouldn't be forgotten.	David Greenberg	Aug 25, 2008	History Lesson
Waving the Flag How the "patriotism" debate might actually help Obama.	David Greenberg	Jul 02, 2008	History Lesson
After the Assassination How Gene McCarthy's response to Bobby Kennedy's murder crippled the Democrats.	David Greenberg	Jun 04, 2008	History Lesson
The Greatest Manhunt of World War II How a black soldier killed an officer, disappeared into the Burmese jungle, and joined a tribe of headhunters.	Brendan I. Koerner	May 29, 2008	History Lesson
Cold Fusion History suggests an Obama-Clinton ticket could work.	David Greenberg	May 22, 2008	History Lesson
Watershed Moment The death of a Montana dam.	Caitlin DeSilvey	Apr 17, 2008	History Lesson
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates Unplugged A new book strips away the nostalgia around this classic encounter.	David Greenberg	Apr 07, 2008	History Lesson
The Long Goodbye It's too early to talk about Hillary's withdrawal.	David Greenberg	Mar 05, 2008	History Lesson