The cataclysm of World War II claimed the lives of 50 to 80 million human beings. As a broken world tried to put itself back together, the victorious Allies proposed an international court to bring
Each year, at the end of the season, five Chautauquans are honored for their service and dedication to the Institution. What all of them, living or dead, have in common is the love and respect
Cathal J. Nolan is a scholar of war. His sweeping history of armed conflict, The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost, published by Oxford last year, has been
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, a stunned world watched as the twin towers in Lower Manhattan collapsed in flames and smoke and dust. At 8:46 a.m., an American Airlines Boeing 767 carrying 92
Max Baer Gerrymandering (soft “g”) is the redrawing of electoral boundaries to unfairly favor one group or political party over the other. Named for Elbridge Gerry (hard “g”) who as governor of Massachusetts came up
Americans in the 19th century were part of a historic experiment in democracy that, at least in theory, celebrated the virtues of equality and opportunity as the apex of human achievement. But there remained a
The term “fake news,” used to describe deliberate misinformation spread by mainstream print, broadcast and social media, is a relatively recent concept, its nomenclature usually attributed to President Donald Trump. The idea of fake art,
When people talk about constitutional law, they almost invariably refer to the United States Constitution and federal law, but each state has its own constitution and its own supreme court. Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton Between
If a single word could encapsulate the year 1968, it would probably be “upheaval.” War, riots, racial strife and revolution shook America to its core. And all of it unfurled to a soundtrack of rock
In his 1989 article and later book, “The End of History?,” the historian Francis Fukuyama declared that the collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites signalled the unequivocal victory of liberal democracy
What do Willie Nelson, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Little Richard have in common? Sure, they have all appeared at Chautauqua, but more than that, they have all signed baseballs commemorating their visits. So have Natalie
In 1874, Lewis Miller, a wealthy inventor and businessman, and John Heyl Vincent, a Methodist minister, founded the Chautauqua Lake Sunday School Assembly, an interdenominational educational program for Sunday school teachers that grew to become
Theodore Flood It’s been said that behind every successful enterprise there is a salesman. Founded in 1874 by the Methodist minister John Heyl Vincent and his friend Lewis Miller, the Chautauqua Lake Sunday School Assembly
Jamestown Post-Journal, Feb. 7, 1956. The photograph on the front page of the Jamestown Post-Journal for Feb. 7, 1956, shows a beautiful girl in a tiara being kissed by Desi Arnaz, the husband of Lucille Ball, possibly
A lithograph, of unknown origin or date, illustrates a camp meeting popular in the early 1800s. Manyof these revival meetings became annual events; Chautauqua Institution grew from camp meetings held for several years at what
Wow! This exclamation of amazement and surprise — often used to express delight, but sometimes shock or even horror — was ubiquitous in 1960s America, a time of unprecedented cultural and political upheaval, of dizzying