He also made impossible promises, like building a wall (with no apparent purpose except for propaganda, since more Mexicans are trying to leave) on the Mexico-U.S. border. He’s also promised that he will bring back manufacturing jobs that have left. What happens when people discover he do...
Hinchliffe Stadium. Back in the day, Hinchcliffe had been one of the hubs of theNegro leagues. Today, in the shadow of its glory, Hinchliffe watches over cricket played by immigrants from Bangladesh. Soon, if things work out, these ruins will give rise to a multipurpose-sports facility;th...
Meanwhile Henry Spalding, not present at the massacre, invented a story about Whitman: His purpose in traveling east in 1842 had been to convince President John Tyler to obtain Oregon for the United States, and Whitman’s massacre was an element of a conspiracy between the Hudson’s Bay Compa...
Chester A. Arthur taking the presidential oathChester A. Arthur taking the presidential oath after the death of U.S. Pres. James Garfield, 1881. When Garfield wasassassinatedby a disappointed office seeker who wanted theStalwartArthur to be president, publicapprehensionincreased markedly. Arthur took...
This was during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. So I wrote a $1,000 check to the presidential candidate that Imostdisliked (who shall remain nameless!), and gave it to a friend with instructions to send the check if I didn’t hit my final deadline. ...
so the major purpose is to prevent an easy takeover of the cities. There will be many lives shed. When I saw on the TV the heart rendering farewells of the men separating from their loved ones, knowing full well they may never see each other again in this life, the fourth verse of...
In other news, we see that two major US newspapers have declined to endorse a presidential candidate. One of the major papers is owned and operated by the company that provides cloud services to the government and almost everyone else. That company will be surely be involved in the computation...
The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy. One's right to life, liberty and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly may not be submitted to vote; they depend on no elections. —Rober...
Taylor Le Roy Ladurie Le Roy Ladurie Braudel Braudel Posted here (above) — both as Word documents and PDFs — are four articles which I wrote for the reference bookCurrent Biography: Chaim Potok novelist Current Biography, May 1983
In her best imitation of George Orwell, Massachusetts Democrat and former-presidential candidate Sen Elizabeth Warren outlined how she would crack down on political speech that she deemed dangerous disinformation, all in the name of furthering democracy. ...