Topic: Adolf Hitler

Opinion: When talking with terrorists makes sense

Used wisely, talks provide leverage, not appeasement.

Smearing Rachel Carson

Gandhi and Churchill: parallel lives, divergent world views

How two very different world leaders were shaped.

In Israel, Bush outlines a blunt vision for the Middle East

At the Knesset on Thursday, the president spoke in visionary terms of Israel's future, saying that the core of the current regional conflict 'was an ancient battle between good and evil.'

A Protestant town's 'conspiracy of good' in Vichy France

As the French education ministry revisits Holocaust curricula this month, advocates say Chambon-sur-Lignon's story would be 'revolutionary' for schoolchildren.

Beijing not alone when it comes to Olympic disputes

Controversy – from Black Power salutes to boycotts – is often what's remembered.

Beijing not alone when it comes to Olympic disputes

Controversy – from Black Power salutes to boycotts – is often what's remembered.

I was tortured in a Chinese prison. Now I'm marching for freedom.

When it comes to human rights, silence is not golden.

American and German students take cross-ocean class on the Holocaust

Students at Vassar College in the US and the University of Potsdam in Germany share ideas – and cultural differences – on Germany's 'darkest hour.'

Opinion: I was tortured in a Chinese prison. Now I'm marching for freedom.

When it comes to human rights, silence is not golden.

Opinion: Olympic boycotts – a bad idea

They don't work. Instead, promote the Olympic truce.

A darker view of World War II

Nicholson Baker uses historical vignettes to suggest that there is no such thing as a ‘good war.’

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about talking to Hamas.

Why comic books scared us so

A journalism professor examines the 1950s comic-book panic.

'Fitna': Dutch leader's anti-Islam film brings strife

Far-right politician Geert Wilders's latest attempt to air the controversial video has been delayed by US-based website host Network Solutions.

Why comic books scared us so

Captain Marvel reduced to ashes by terrified parents? David Hajdu examines the great comic-book panic of the 1950s.

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about liberalism and the results of the Democratic primary in Texas.

A darker view of World War II

Nicholson Baker uses historical vignettes to suggest that there is no such thing as a 'good war.'

Danish cartoons: one Afghan's peaceful protest

Muhammad Sediq Afghan's hunger strike has inspired dozens to join his nonviolent efforts.

Another publisher feels the heat

Muslim anger mounts over cartoons, movie

Sudan threatens to ban Danish aid workers; Europe braces for possible protests.

Opinion: Barack Obama and the case for charisma

Charisma is more than a way with words and an attractive face. It's about inspiring America to greatness again.

The future that young Russians want

The Putin generation is often worldly, optimistic, and enthusiastic about democracy – as they define it.

'Casablanca' star lives in the shadow of his character

Paul Henreid, who played Nazi resistence leader Victor Laszlo, never achieved the fame of some of the movie's other stars and played largely European-type roles.

'The Wagner Clan,' Germany's real-life melodrama

None of Richard Wagner's operas surpasses the drama of his actual family story.