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Cricket, squash, baseball/softball, lacrosse and flag football will all be included in the Olympic programme at the Los Angeles Games in 2028. The proposal was approved at the International Olympic Committee Session in Mumbai on Monday, with only two delegates…
The war in Ukraine is the twilight struggle not of a dictatorship which lasted half a century, but of an empire which lasted nearly five. Hagia Sophia, 1852 print made by Louis Haghe after Gaspard Fossati. (British Museum/Public domain via…
Western corporations’ exit from Russian markets is a window into the future of corporate activism. (Al.geba/Shutterstock) In the months since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, nearly 1,000 Western companies have partially or fully curtailed their operations within the Russian…
People of good will in America and around the world should stand with Tunisians. (imadldk/Shutterstock) TUNIS, TUNISIA—My 26-year-old tour guide is one reason Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is no longer president of Tunisia. When protests broke out in December…
State of the Union: Christopher Columbus was one of History’s Great Men. Credit: Everett Collection In the final scene of The Hunt For Red October, Sean Connery’s character attributes a quote to Christopher Columbus: “And the sea will grant each…
State of the Union: True and good historical research will survive outside the corrupt ivory towers—as has been the historic norm. Credit: Triff Can Academic History survive, at least in its current form? Or should it? If you ask Joel…
