William Astore

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. I wrote my first article for TomDispatch in 2007 , two years after I'd retired from the military.

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. Originally written in 2015 for the 70th anniversary; updated in 2020 for the 75th anniversary; reposted below along with a podcast for the 79th anniversary.

I remember watching The Phil Donahue Show with my dad. Informative and willing to tackle controversial issues, the show proved remarkably popular, a tribute to its host, Phil Donahue, who recently died at the age of 88. The show was briefly revived in 2002 on MSNBC, where it was the network's highest-rated offering until it was cancelled.

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have something in common.

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. America has two war parties, Republican and Democratic, ensuring the death of democracy since war is the most insidious enemy of freedom and liberty.

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. World War I made Adolf Hitler. Before the war, Hitler was aimless, a failed artist, essentially a nobody with little chance of rising in society. The war gave him purpose as well as a respectable identity as a war hero. As much…

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. In July 1943, the Nazis launched a colossal assault at the Kursk salient on the eastern front.

During World War II, American leaders proudly proclaimed this country the “arsenal of democracy,” supplying weapons and related materiel to allies like

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. It's Friday the 13th, and though I'm not superstitious about the date, I'm not liking this headline in today's New York Times

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. Omer Bartov is a historian who specializes in German military history and genocide studies.