In politics and history, there really is nothing new under the sun. This especially holds true for the Republican party who loves to replay their greatest hits. Many don’t know that “Make America Great Again” was not some novel idea originated by the Trump campaign, it was first used as a campaign slogan for the […]
History repeats itself
Whose memory is it anyways?
Memory laws are government actions designed to guide their citizens’ interpretation of history. The laws assert a mandatory viewpoint of historical events and forbids any conflicting interpretation of the same historical event. We have criticized memory laws for being an enemy to free speech. We also know memory laws as government censorship. In 1985, West […]
Ideology defeats military might
It seems so simple, superior military might should crush ideology. If you look at the real world results of this line of thinking, you can see it’s absolutely not true, and is a mistake the United States keeps repeating. I do not mean this article to disparage U.S. military people past and current, but to […]
2021 is just like 1890
After the Civil War, the U.S. government passed three Constitutional amendments in succession, the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments. The 13th abolished slavery, the 14th gave African Americans equal protection under Federal law and the 15th gave African American men the right to vote. The losing forces on the other side of the Civil War […]
Got Swill Milk?
I want to take you back to the United States in the 1850s. It was a time frame where the government didn’t regulate or provide standards for food quality. Vaccines and medical progress was nowhere near the levels we have today. Diseases, like Cholera and Typhoid, were a part of everyday life back then. When […]
The Anti-Mask League of San Francisco
Cases of the Spanish Flu appeared in San Francisco during the fall of 1918. By mid-October, the city had over 2,000 cases. The city’s Board of Health enacted various measures to curb the disease, such as banning gatherings, closing schools and theatres, and warning citizens to avoid crowds. Professions that served customers […]
Back to the Future: 1919
Marty: Hey Doc, 2020 sucks! Lets fire up the Delorean and go back in time? Doc: Sure, Marty! Im not doing much of anything these days. The job market is hard for an independent inventor/scientist in 2020. Nobody has money to buy trinkets from me. What year would you like to visit? Marty: I don’t […]
Joe Biden = Walter Mondale 2.0
You are the head coach of fictional Donkey University. Your star quarterback (QB), Barack Obama, graduated two years ago and is starring in the NFL. Obama broke many school records at College U and he also won the Heisman Trophy. Last year, Donkey U was led by a graduate transfer named Hillary Clinton, who was solid […]
White House Press Briefing Follies
Most U.S. citizens are in the house because of the Corona virus quarantine in effect, and we have the privilege of viewing daily White House Corona virus briefings. As you have heard or figured out, President Trump has said some things that were “inaccurate” in these briefings. People have been wondering are they in a […]
World War 3?
Reading Time: 4 minutes There is plenty of speculation going on in the world right now that Donald Trump has or will start World War III. The events of the past few weeks, i.e., Trump ordering the assassination of Iranian general Soleimani has done nothing but added fuel to this line of thinking. The thing […]