The history behind current events.

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• Specter's Shadow Why Arlen Specter's defection should terrify the GOP.
  David Greenberg April 29, 2009
  
• Inside Columbine As the assault raged, students fought to keep a wounded teacher alive.
  Dave Cullen April 16, 2009
  
• "God I Want to Torch and Level Everything" Columbine killer Eric Harris plans the massacre.
  Dave Cullen April 16, 2009
  
• The Four Most Important Lessons of Columbine How "leakage" and the "active shooter protocol" have prevented other tragedies.
  Dave Cullen April 16, 2009
  
• Lincoln's Laws of War How he built the code that Bush attempted to destroy.
  John Fabian Witt Feb. 11, 2009