Empathy for Osama bin Laden Has a Stopping Point. His Own Words Mark It.
Twenty-five years after 9/11, bin Laden's own documents show which grievances were real, which numbers were false, and exactly where empathy has to stop.
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Twenty-five years after 9/11, bin Laden's own documents show which grievances were real, which numbers were false, and exactly where empathy has to stop.
October 18 in NH history: the 1775 request to Congress, the 1776 Exeter constitution, a railroad-bill veto, a 1940 ballot ruling and the submarine Squalus.
On Oct. 17: Burgoyne surrendered at Saratoga in 1777 with NH regiments in the ring, Grant suspended habeas corpus in 1871, Capone was convicted in 1931.
On Oct. 17: Seabrook Station got its first license in 1986, NH militia closed on Burgoyne at Saratoga in 1777, Red Rolfe was born in Penacook in 1908, and more.
In July 1944, 44 nations set IMF quotas at a New Hampshire hotel. The U.S. took 31 percent; the Soviet Union, third-largest, declined to sign. The records.
New Hampshire's census count rose from 141,885 in 1790 to 1,377,529 in 2020. It fell once, in 1870. Since 1950, two southern counties took 60% of the growth.
The 1898 Treaty of Paris left the status of the Philippines and Puerto Rico to Congress. How the 1899 Senate vote and the Insular Cases built an empire.
Robert Jackson warned at Nuremberg that America would be judged by its own record. Family separation, CIA black sites and NSA spying are that record.
Adams and Jefferson died hours apart on July 4, 1826, and Monroe followed in 1831. What the odds, the history, and the death-dip research say.
Thomas Jefferson held Sally Hemings in slavery and fathered her children. What the historical record shows, and why the precise word for it matters.
Explore how New Hampshire's 400-member House fosters local representation and shapes its unique democratic philosophy in American governance.
Explore the forgotten history of New Hampshire's mill towns, where industry, immigration, and resilience shaped communities and cultures.
A short history of New Hampshire government, from the 1623 settlement and the 1776 and 1784 constitutions to today's General Court and Executive Council.
Explore the legacies of Franklin Pierce and Daniel Webster, New Hampshire's political giants who shaped America's path before the Civil War.
From the 1772 Pine Tree Riot to John Stark's 1809 toast, a short history of the independent streak behind New Hampshire's state motto.
