Could Ahmadinejad Stop Health Care Reform?

As you may have witnessed, there have been a fair amount of comparisons of the current financial crisis with the Great Depression.  Recently, I attended a presentation on this topic by the well known American historian Dave Kennedy.  In his view, and I agree with his analysis, many of those comparisons are off the mark.
Why? The comparisons [...]

Posted Under: Economic History
This post was written by Dr. Art Pitz on June 18, 2009 Comments (3)

The History Behind Guantanamo

With all of the current controversy over the use of waterboarding and other questionable interrogation techniques at Guantanamo, I am reminded of how we acquired the base in the first place.  The U.S. coerced ownership of this place from newly quasi-independent Cuba in the aftermath of the Spanish American War.
“Quasi-independent”?
 Indeed.  Without reviewing here the background [...]

Posted Under: International Relations
This post was written by Dr. Art Pitz on May 27, 2009 Comments (0)