Reading time: 4 minutes and 23 seconds Most students of U.S. history are familiar with the Red Scare. The Red Scare was a federal witch hunt for government employees who were communists or sympathizers with communism, in the 1950s. If one was labeled or accused of being a communist, it was like being marked with […]
Month: June 2019
40 Acres and a Mule
Reading time: 5 minutes and 36 seconds With Juneteenth occurring this week and also the well-publicized reparations hearing that happened in Washington D.C., I felt it was time to talk about the first attempt at reparations for African Americans. This attempt is better known as 40 acres and a mule. America was in the midst […]
E.T. : M&M’s vs.Reese’s Pieces
Reading Time: 3 minutes, 5 seconds E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was a colossal movie blockbuster success in 1982. It surpassed Star Wars as the highest grossing film of all time. The movie still sits 7 on the inflation-adjusted all-time highest grossing film list. According to a Rotten Tomatoes survey, it ranks as the greatest science […]
The Cautionary Tale of Jezebel
Reading Time: 7 minutes 43 seconds There is a lot of debate about whether the stories from the Bible are true or not. I’m not one to verify or disavow the stories from the Bible, I will say the Bible has some valuable life lessons that people can apply to their lives. One of these […]
Margaret Thatcher and the Poll Tax
Reading Time: 5 minutes 6 seconds Margaret Thatcher was the first Woman prime minister of the United Kingdom (U.K.). She served three terms as Prime Minister from 1979-1990. Thatcher held an idea that would fundamentally change the U.K. tax system; this idea known as the poll tax would ultimately lead to Thatcher’s ouster as Prime […]
