American communism has become a minor academic industry. It was not always so. When I worked on the subject a quarter of a century ago, it was mainly of interest to those who had been in or around the communist and other “left” movements. Now that it has b …

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WASHINGTON, March 16 (UPI) -- Paul Wolfowitz's name had been coming up time and time again as a potential head of the World Bank since its current president announced his plans to resign at the end of his tenure on June 1. But President Bush's formal anno …

WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) -- In the 30 years since Francisco Franco's death his statue has stood unmolested -- and largely ignored -- in Madrid's Plaza San Juan de la Cruz. Few younger generation Spaniards could actually identify the equestrian bronze fi …

The publication of an ambitious, hitherto unknown manuscript by one of the greatest painters of his age can only be a cause for celebration, although in the case of Mark Rothko’s The Artist’s Reality: Philosophies of Art the celebration can only be muted N …

KIEV , Ukraine , July 24 (UPI) -- The remains of the 11th Century Kievan prince Vladimir were scheduled to be returned Sunday to the Monastery of the Caves in the Ukrainian capital. The Ukrainian Orthodox church prelate , Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and …

NORFOLK , Va. , Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Following mounting security concerns in the nation's shipyards, naval contractors may soon be able to check employees against state criminal databases. The Virginian-Pilot reported that on Feb. 22 a Senate courts committe …

NEW YORK , Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The first black woman named to the U.S. federal bench , Judge Constance Baker Motley has died in New York from a heart condition at the age of 84. She died Sept. 28 of congestive heart failure at New York University Downtown H …

NEW YORK moncler winter jackets moncler branson jacket, April 28 (UPI) -- Roger Clemens' lawyer denied a newspaper report Monday that the former baseball star had a long-running extramarital affair with country singer Mindy McCready. The New York Daily N …

ROME Les ugg, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- An Italian man rowed his gondola from Venice to Rome to raise money for African children and youngsters with rare diseases. The efforts of professional gondolier Vittorio Orlo earned the Venetian man an audience with Pope B …