The truth is, there is no animal named “Washington” that eats money. Most of what Washington does (in dollar terms) is write checks to people, so reducing a dollar of Washington’s spending generally takes a dollar, or close to a dollar, out of someone’s pocket. And the Republicans ...
However, I offer this; it seems fundamentally human that we quickly want to capture and castigate the Villain so we know our world is safe in no uncertain terms (See the Captured Monster that is so not One of Us). Later when we find out the Captured Monster is One of Us, we need t...
A good indicator for which banks might be able to act quickly is who has historically produced a lot of SBA loans. This information is public, and you can actually see from the March 2020 data who the top SBA lenders are. Beyond those banks, the lender StreetShares has a PPP calculator ...
If you've ever wondered, is Outlander historically accurate, see what book author Diana Gabaldon told us about Outlander's historical elements, if Jamie Fraser is real and the Battle of Culloden.
HBCU, the acronym, stands for historically black colleges and universities. While HBCUs have been around for more than 150 years, the official term was coined by the Higher Education Act of 1965, which expanded the federal government's role in secondary education and began to provide funding to...
Johnson: It’s in the heart of Capitol Hill, which historically is a neighborhood known for the arts and musicians, and has a very big LGBTQ population. This neighborhood has always been cool, if you really understand it. It’s so much of what Seattle is known for: being deeply involved...
We also know that Veterans Day is a different kind of federal holiday. Except for Sundays, it falls on its actual date. In 1968, Congress approved the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. This law, which took effect in 1971, amended the observance of certain federal holidays so that Washington’s ...
Historically, there has been a massive rail presence through this area, with large railroads like Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, and Burlington Northern. Burlington Northern at one time operated an interurban line from Portland to Eugene via the Oregon Electric Railway, from 1906 to 1970....
Historically the Semitic Elami tribes, the first known peoples of the Arabian Peninsula and Iraq, settled on Ahwaz’s riverbanks and valleys, establishing a great civilization, particularly the ancient city of Susa, now known as Shush. Since the initial annexation of Ahwaz by Iran, then known...
But historically, coming first in the caucus has not guaranteed winning the party nomination, particularly among Republicans. As such, there have only been three times when the winner of the Iowa caucus has gone on to win the Republican nomination. ...