I’m on a text chain with my 3 brothers and all our sons. All of us are liberal arts majors, mostly history. I dare say we Smiths are a bit contrarian. It’s our knowledge of history and learning the ...

In our modern age, we have convinced ourselves that we are so advanced, so enlightened, that the lessons of the past no longer apply to us. We act as though history is an outdated relic—something for ...

Bret Stephens’ column (Herald, Feb. 22) correctly provided a brief history lesson explaining the rise of the Nazi party in Germany. The focus was the current movement in Germany and other countries to ...

Editor: This year Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marks the 80th anniversary of the Soviet army’s liberation of Auschwitz, the Nazi killing camp whose name has become rightfully ...

I write on Yom HaShoah Vehagvurah, Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, an important historical moment of remembrance and reminder, of witness and of warning, of learning and acting upon the universal ...

Re: “ICE officer kills driver in Minneapolis, inciting turmoil” (Jan. 8, A1): As national tensions rise over federal enforcement and local resistance, it’s worth remembering that our country has faced ...

US policymakers are forgetting the lessons of history at just the moment their recollection is most needed. The Stimson Center publishes the Red Cell series. Drawing upon the legacy of the CIA’s Red ...