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Topic: American History (page 13)

Journalist Fareed Zakaria is seated during Harvard University commencement exercises before being awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University, in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP/Steven Senne)

America's worst historians

Nancy Isenberg, Andrew Burstein

Galifianakis: Liberal hero

Alex Sayf Cummings
(-)

Vidal: Closet reactionary

Michael Lind
A re-creation of the first ARPANET node, installed at UCLA in 1969, at ULCA's Kleinrock Internet History Center. (UCLA)

Hot new conservative lie

Alex Pareene
Abraham Lincoln (WIkipedia/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Michael Lind
Young men registering for military conscription in New York City on June 5, 1917. (Library of Congress)

Elites' favorite bad idea

Michael Lind
A detail from John Trumball's "Declaration of Independence"

Is America exceptional?

Salon Staff
Francis Scott Key (Wikipedia)

Francis Scott Key on trial

Jefferson Morley
(<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/norcaljeff/'>Jeff (norcaljeff)</a>)

Amanda Morrow
"Portrait of James Madison" by John Vanderlyn (The White House Historical Association)

The 1 percent's first fight

Salon Staff
George W. Bush (Reuters)

W: Still the worst

Robert Merry
Jill Lepore

Death isn't what it used to be

Laura Miller
A detail from the cover of "Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America"

Santiago Wills
A Coast Guard ship in Baltimore on June 15.

Jefferson Morley
A detail from the cover of "Elusive Victories: The American Presidency at War"

Santiago Wills

Russ Baker
(Library of Congress)

GOP civil rights myth

Alex Pareene

Faux history for the GOP

Warren Throckmorton
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-565474p1.html'>karamysh</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Enrico Moretti
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-894418p1.html'>PhotosbyAndy</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Sarah Seltzer - Alternet
(Wikipedia/Salon)

Our real first gay president

Jim Loewen

Robert J.Lieber
Thomas Jefferson (White House Historical Association)

Jefferson's lifelong dream

Salon Staff
This 1886 engraving depicts the Haymarket affair. (Wikipedia)

Jacob Remes
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