Dr. Rupp is a professor of history and political science at West Virginia Wesleyan College. What do American presidents James Polk, James Garfield, George W. Bush share with the Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Mr. Bonner teaches at Michigan State University and is the author of Colors and Blood: Flag Passions of the Confederate South (2002). He is a writer for the History News Service. With 2002 drawing ...

Richard Rorty, who teaches philosophy at Stanford, in the London Review of Books (April 2004): Europe is coming to grips with the fact that al-Qaeda's opponent is the West, not just America.

John Willingham holds an M.A. in American history from the University of Texas, Austin. He has been a Texas government employee for 25 years. He is now retired and lives in Portland, Oregon.

Mr. Punke, a former White House aide and the author of Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West (2007), is a writer for the History News Service.

Mr. McMillian teaches history and literature at Harvard University. He can be reached at mcmill@fas.harvard.edu. "Can we please keep this list-serve free of all blatantly political announcements?

Mr. Rees is Associate Professor of History at Colorado State University - Pueblo. He is the author of MANAGING THE MILLS: LABOR POLICY IN THE AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY DURING THE NONUNION ERA ...

Mr. Fleming's new book, The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I, was published by Basic Books on June 1. He is a member of the corporate board of HNN. Once upon a time -- in 1920, to be ...

Mr. Carpenter is a writer and doctoral candidate in American history at the University of Illinois. Ever since Ronald Reagan confused real events with Hollywood scripts, I've wondered how that ...