Are the days of infamy behind us? Or are they just beginning? When President Roosevelt addressed Congress on December 8th, 1941 he said December 7th would be forever remembered as a “day in infamy”. But he then went onto to…
A Note on the 1876 Brokered Presidency of Rutherford B Hayes
Something we cannot afford to repeat in 2021. Some comparisons are being made to what might happen this week should several Members of Congress and Vice President Pence be able to put enough electoral votes in dispute so as…
“Born Yesterday”, A Look Back to 1950, and Becoming American
If you’re under 70 you’ve probably never heard of Judy Holiday. She was a one-hit wonder of sorts, having done “Born Yesterday” on Broadway in 1946 at age 25, then reprise it in the film adaptation of the play in…
The Genesis of “Hate as a Religion” in America
Every solution to a problem begins with a unified theory- Dr Gregory House Ayn Rand was an emigre-Russian intellectual who died in 1982 at the age of 77. She founded an extremely narrow philosophy called “Objectivism” which you can look…