political history

”You’re All Fascists!”

Sometimes passion becomes so blinding the truth becomes obscured. At others, despite logic dictating otherwise, what seems an

28 Jul

One of the reasons I began studying history was a chance encounter with Louis XIV of France. I was perusing the college

26 May

You might be asking yourself why I’d choose to write about a letter from Mr. Jefferson to a historically obscure John

19 May

The very mention of the word economics sends some people scrambling for the nearest exit. Boring is most associated with the

10 Mar

I’m guessing that not many, at least in this century, have read one of George Orwell’s best works. No, I’m not talking about

03 Mar

A Short Examination of Isolationism Read President George Washington’s words from his 1796 farewell address: “Why forego the

25 Feb

We don’t like to admit it, but humans are creatures of habit. Essentially, that’s what the study of history is: Studying

17 Feb

In 1976, the federal Government in the Sunshine Act was passed, part of a series of acts that sought to bring out in the open

26 Nov

Over the last thirty nine years of studying history and politics, I’ve come to understand a few things. It seems the longer I

17 Sep

Nonage. A period of immaturity or youth. That is the dictionary definition of a word that features prominently in one of the

15 Jun