united states – Page 6

Politics is Everywhere; There Is No Escape

I’m not sure when it got like this. If I had to hazard a guess, at least the last ten years with the advent of social media

25 Mar

The Slow Dissolution of our National Unity The United States was founded upon one basic principle; the freedom of the

11 Mar

For those of us who study history, Mr. Putin’s actions are not unexpected; quite the opposite…they were an inevitability as

24 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

Here’s a quote from Representative Cory Bush: “Getting a black woman in the seat is necessary, but we want to make sure that

12 Feb

I find myself reading Orwell quite a bit. Not so much because of his political stances, although I find his arguments on

17 Jan

I’m about to quit—give up and give in. No matter where I look or how far down the road I see, it’s still there. It’s in my

02 Jan

I hate filling out forms. The good news is that with modern word processors most of the most tedious jobs are done: name,

29 Dec

I’ve decided to take a stand, if for nothing else, to at least bring a bit of balance to this discussion of climate change

05 Dec

Should one take any time at all to study the writings of the philosophes, those of the eighteenth century that gave birth to

03 Dec