Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Virtual JFK

Can a president make a decisive difference in matters of war and peace? Can a president decisively lead his country into war, or keep his country out of war? Or are the forces that drive nations into conflict far more impersonal – out of the control of any single human being, even a president?

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Scopes Trial & the 1920s

In what ways did the historical context of the 1920s affect the "morality battles" of the decade, including the Butler Act and Prohibition? Do you find any similarities/connections to our own era in American history?