Category: History
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Tariff Mania
With a surge in the popularity of the word Tariff in recent weeks, many are wondering what this means economically and, even more importantly, what it means for people’s wallets. What are Tariffs? Tariffs, simply put, are a tax on goods imported from the country on whom the tariffs have…
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From Carnage to Comeback: Donald Trump’s Return
An unprecedented full-circle moment for Donald J. Trump culminates today; his first inauguration in 2017 was the end of a political journey that brought him from the escalators of Trump Tower to the White House and today, from a political pariah after his 2020 election defeat to a second term…
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Roosevelt’s Progressive Revolution
September 6th, 2024 marks 122 years since the defining violence enacted by anarchist Leon Czolgosz on Former U.S. President McKinley; succumbing to the violence on the 14th, the assassination effectively transformed the political atmosphere of the United States, fueling new growing pains from an increasingly politically divided U.S. The tragic…
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Pushing the Envelope: Celebrating 176 Years since Seneca Falls
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” Declaration of Sentiments, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The cherished sentiment, adopted from our U.S.…
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Why United?
This special article is an effort between both myself and Felix and I was tasked with writing an intro to it, so I’ll give it my best. In America, we’re seeing both sides rip each other apart mercilessly as they seek to advance party goals, not country goals. We’re seeing…
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The Forgotten Allies of World War 1
“The war to end all wars” President Woodrow Wilson Last week marked the 105th anniversary of the signing of the November 11 armistice that famously put an end to the First World War. Despite its European origins, the war would have significant global consequences, forever changing the course of modern…
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The Departure of The Mayflower
On September 16th, 1620, the forefathers of the forefathers of our American Revolution departed from Plymouth, England, with 102 passengers. It is said by John Locke that “Men being, as has been said, by nature, all free, equal and independent, can be put out of this estate, and subjected to…
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The Scandal That Destroyed A Presidency
Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office. Richard Nixon Forty-eight years ago, President Richard Milhouse Nixon resigned amid a generationally defining scandal that would forever mar the history of the executive office. When faced with closing walls, the President…
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The New Atomic Age Unleashed
It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East. Harry Truman, 1945 Today, 78 years ago, Hiroshima was bombed in one of…
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July 4th – 2022
Good Morning, afternoon, and evening to every American celebrating the 4th of July here and across the world. As we reflect upon what it means to truly be an American on this 4th of July, a yearly tradition in which the meaning of what it is to be an American…