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Diana’s bad bargain and her enduring mythology

Posted by Pat Murphy | Aug 25, 2017

While popular opinion may cast her as a victim, it’s hard to imagine that she’d have given Charles a second thought if he wasn’t the Prince of Wales

‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!’

Posted by Pat Murphy | Jun 9, 2017

While it might be silly to argue the Berlin Wall came down because of Ronald Reagan, he demonstrated unusual prescience about the Soviet Union’s fragility

Two women defined by and celebrated for a single book each

Posted by Pat Murphy | May 19, 2017

Margaret Mitchell and Harper Lee tackled the peculiarities and flaws of the American South of different eras but still plumbed some universal truths

The failed fight against fascism

Posted by Pat Murphy | Apr 28, 2017

The bombing of Guernica was a flashpoint in the Spanish Civil War, which became a microcosm of worldwide political and ideological schisms for years to come