For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world's main religions? Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the country's history. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history that's least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
History offers no evidence for the proposition that the assignment of women to military combat jobs is the way to win wars, improve combat readiness, or promote national security. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda that's been made. So there are moral demands on the director to treat the spectators as seriously as he or she takes himself and not to see them merely as victims that can be manipulated to whatever ends they have. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
It's incredible to have been part of fashion history - my whole career has been one big highlight. Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>