As I’ve noted before I was born and raised in a company town. Coal mining. And every July 4th the mines shut down and the town gathered at our school football stadium, where half the field was lined with stands…
Category: American Exceptionalism
Wikipedia and the Killing of History, a Guide
This will be a short note to highlight a link to a subject I researched for a commentary about Manifest Destiny mentioned in historian Bernard DeVoto’s book 1846, the Year of Decision (1943). Almost no American student, history major or…
Manifest Destiny
You’ve no doubt heard the term “Manifest Destiny”, as referring to the zeitgeist of our Nation as it expanded Westward, more specifically as Americans lined up wagon train after wagon train to emigrate to Oregon and California in the 1840s…
Stolen Elections and the Arizona Audit—A Case of First Instance?
The argument has been made, at least in the cryptic legalese of Twitter that there is no constitutional path back to restore the original winner(s) even if there is proof established about Voter fraud in the 2020 election. And it’s…
2021 Annual Memorial Day Musical Tribute to those who Have Gone Before US
I’ve published an annual Memorial Day tribute to our fallen for several years. I think military brass just doesn’t capture the solemnity of what Memorial Day stands for. So, this year I’ve added a more sober musical montage, which you can…