Forgetting the Ottoman past has done the Arabs no good. As a historian of the Ottoman Empire, I believe it is criminal to keep millions of people disconnected from their own recent past.

Dear Dr. Graham: How do you convince someone they need to forget the bad things that happened in the past and get on with their life? My aunt constantly dwells on how her ex-husband emotionally ...

When nations are deciding how to deal with a difficult and painful past, they should acknowledge the apparent affinity between democratization and forgetting. Join Opinion on Facebook and follow ...

As Americans increasingly focus on the future, we are forgetting the past, which can make our future more dangerous.That is the warning in a challenging new book by Stephen Bertman, professor of ...

Bookshelf ‘A Primer for Forgetting’ Review: The Past Need Not Be Prologue Human beings—and human societies—cannot change or grow without learning to let go.

Since 1986's "Top Gun" rekindled the Pentagon-Hollywood relationship from its post-Vietnam doldrums, the collusion between the military and the entertainment industry has become a blockbuster con.

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