Articles in the “history” category

Hiroshima, 64 years ago

Posted last year, mid-August

These photos should not be missed. The Big Picture has this extraordinary collection.

We Choose the Moon

Posted last year, mid-July

The Web site — WeChooseTheMoon.org — goes live at 8:02 a.m. Thursday, 90 minutes before the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

History in real time

Posted last year, at the end of April

I absolutely love this: The Official White House photostream on Flickr.

What Holocaust?

Posted last year, mid-April

CNN.com:
[A Holocaust survivor's son] told the story of a college freshman in Southern California who stood up during a presentation his mother was giving and said she’d never heard of the Holocaust.
What are they teaching in history classes nowadays?

The Destroyer

Posted 2 years ago, at the end of November

Robert Mugabe and the destruction of Zimbabwe.