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Five years before anyone imagined a holiday, the Great Strike of July 1877 was the largest of its kind before or since, closer to pitched battle with dozens dead on both sides. President Hayes, however, charted a moderate course, establishing views about worker’s rights and the role of the federal government that continue to this… Continue reading Labor Day, Rutherford B. Hayes, and first battle for worker’s rights
Our ancestors were complete bad asses that remained confident even a country torn by war would be reunited under our established principles. They bequeathed this history to us, but we can’t figure out how to do something as simple as balance the budget or come to a meaningful compromise on abortion. Rutherford B. Hayes isn’t… Continue reading Rutherford B. Hayes and the crazy bad asses we are descended from
The new Republican Party seeks to shift the balance of our interests shifts from abstract American ideals to the practical impact on every day Americans, America as a country like any other, with her own interests, rather than as some easily manipulated metaphor for democracy or human progress. The same way we can rarely tell… Continue reading JD Vance and the Republicans’ ideological revolution
Former President Donald Trump is not the first leader to be targeted, nor will he be the last. As long as there have been politicians, or leaders of any kind, there have been those who seek to kill them for reasons of every kind. As we begin to internalize and rationalize the heinous events of… Continue reading Assassination attempts are inevitable, piss poor security is to blame rather than rhetoric
Saturday’s heinous events will not prompt his detractors to reconsider, but to the average American, it seems sure to be a defining moment, one that allows President Trump to transcend the political box Democrats, some Republicans, and the mainstream media have tried to imprison him in for nine years. On October 14, 1912, former President… Continue reading Trump, Teddy Roosevelt, and the nature of an unstoppable force
If there’s any doubt how dangerous this expedition was, consider that it would be another thirteen years before anyone successfully made the same trip. The first follow up expedition had to turn back because of the Indians. The one after that simply disappeared without a trace, presumably killed by the Indians. Roosevelt, being Roosevelt, somehow… Continue reading Teddy Roosevelt’s 1914 expedition to the unexplored Amazon rainforest might be one of the most ridiculous things that’s ever happened, ever
Yes, it’s been a good week for conservatives, one of the best I can remember since Trump was elected in 2016, and we have much to celebrate tomorrow. We should not, however, gloat too much or get too cocky. Teddy Roosevelt’s political kaleidoscope changes fast, in ways we cannot possibly predict. At the risk of… Continue reading This Fourth of July, the sound you hear might be progressive heads exploding instead of fireworks
“Not in employment, education, or training,” that is those who are doing absolutely nothing with their lives, neither productively working nor preparing for their future. After two decades of being told all they could not do, the spark of life has gone out, drowned by those who believe failure is our birthright. Generation Z, born… Continue reading Meet the “NEETs,” a new acronym to describe how Generation Z remains hopelessly adrift
For hundreds of millions of years, life persisted on Earth with no meaning at all. Trillions upon trillions of creatures lived and died, born as dust and returned to it without remark. Humanity changed all that, making the meaningless, meaningful. Nature means nothing without people might seem a bold statement on the surface. Nature, after… Continue reading Nature means nothing without people and the experts have all gone insane
Roosevelt has little in common with Trump on the surface, save for being born wealthy in New York City and having significant careers outside of politics, but both men inspired over the top passion and both spent a lot of time in court after their Presidencies. On New Year’s Day 2016, I joined my wife… Continue reading Donald Trump, Teddy Roosevelt, a President on trial, and the American obsession with sick bastards
