72 years from the bombing of Nagasaki. Is it coincidence that this week, of all weeks, we’re also talking about increased threats of nuclear war? Let’s hope so.
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We Live To Tread On Kings
on August 8, 2017
To Eleanor Roosevelt’s credit, she later visited Hiroshima to survey the aftermath of the bombing and would often call for our collective better wisdom in the future. Our good friend Harry S Truman, on the other hand, only offered condolences[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall
The Magnitsky Act
What do YOU know about the Magnitsky Act, fellow ordinary American?
Comrade Buchanan
Andrew Jackson fiercely protested when James K. Polk named James Buchanan to be Secretary of State. He hated him! When Polk defended himself by pointing out that Buchanan had served as Jackson’s ambassador to Russia, Jackson explained: “It was as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Binge-worthy
on July 18, 2017
Chapter: 2017 - July
Characters: Dwight D Eisenhower, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George HW Bush, Theodore Roosevelt, William H Taft, Woodrow Wilson
Location: Oval Office, White House
Nothingburger
Nothingburger, a term for a bunch of hype that ultimately leads to nothing, is probably one of the dumbest terms ever accepted into our modern political discourse. Though, considering what modern political discourse has become, maybe it’s perfect. I don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
