United States and Nations SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THE outrage committed in New York and Washington, D.C., by a group of religious fanatics, I wrote a column for this space that, ironically, portrayed the United States as an international outlaw on the world's stage....

WE ARE still slow to recognize how revolutionary the changes sweeping the globe are. The forces unleashed by globalization are as important to determining the shape of the coming age as industrialization was two hundred years ago. Will the United States remain...

Suspected members of extremist groups have signed up as school bus drivers in the United States, counterterror officials said Friday, in a cautionary bulletin to police. An FBI spokesman said, "Parents and children have nothing to fear."Asked about the alert notice, the FBI's Rich Kolko...

Nearly half of India's children are malnourished, putting the country in the same league with some of the world's poorest countries despite its dramatic economic achievements, a government survey showed Friday.The survey showed India has made gains in recent years, with fewer infants dying and...

Examines American history between the years 1798 and 1819. Argues that those were the most important years in forming a constructive sense of American nationalism.

Discusses the importance of nationalism and patriotism in 21st century America.

This essay describes the burst of American nationalism that followed the war of 1812. The causes of phenomenon are explained, as well the way the sentiment spread through American literature.