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  Woody Guthrie's Best Known Song Was Made For You And Me
  Topic by Peter Haugen

  In this centennial year of Woody Guthrie (born in 1912), as tributes to the iconic American folksinger abound, the story of how his best-loved song came to be is worth repeating. Although a spate of recent recordings of dozens of his songs by contemporary artists, remastered reissues of his...

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  Vietnam Vet Politicians Fading into History
  Article by Peter Haugen

  In the 2012 U.S. national election, none of the four major party candidates for president and vice-president had a mi...

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  The Role of the First Lady
  Topic by Enelda Butler

  On July 8, 2011, Former First Lady Betty Ford passed away at the age of 93. Ford is remembered for her outspoken nature and for raising awareness for social issues like women's rights and health care. She was one of the first people to publicly speak about their struggle with breast cancer at...

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  Are We Living in a Post-Racial America?
  Topic by Tracy Williams

  Does the fact that we elected a mixed-raced man to be the leader of the free world really mean that we now live in a “post-racial” America? The answers vary. Some argue, yes. But many more argue, no. Wikipedia defines post-racial America as “a theoretical environment where the United States...

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  The American Way to Celebrate Christmas
  Topic by Saideh P Jamshidi

  The historical record doesn’t provide information about Jesus’ date of birth. The Bible is also silent on this account. However, we in the Christian world have widely accepted that Jesus was born on December 25. How did we choose this date? Why December 25? An Ancient account For...

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  The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Brought the World to the Brink of a Nuclear World War – Were the Lessons Learned
  Article by Charles F Barnaby

  Next October will see the fiftieth anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis - the major confrontation between the Unit...

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  American Exceptionalism and the Present Discontents
  Article by Roger P Hamburg

  The evolution and application of American "exceptionalism."

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  Will the Truth About the Lockerbie Bombing Ever Be Known?
  Article by Charles F Barnaby

  The death of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, at his home in Tripoli on 20 May 2012, leaves a number of questions unanswe...

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  Looking Back at Radicalism in the Mountain West
  Article by David R Berman

  The Mountain West in the last decade of the Nineteenth Century and the first two decades of the Twentieth Century was...