Here is a laughable headline on a Philip Bump October 6 Washington Post opinion piece: Senators representing less than half the U.S. are about to…
Created Equal
Posted in Government, and History
Category: History
Following now abandoned discussion about removing his image from the ten-dollar bill, Alexander Hamilton, thanks to the eponymous hit musical, is vying for focus of…
Read MoreGenius Hamilton, One Fatal Flaw and One Big Mistake
I am enjoying America’s Forgotten History, Part II, by Mark David Ledbetter. It is self published and available on Amazon Kindle for $1.50. Of course…
Spain’s History of Tyranny, Tolerance, Tribute, and Territorial Struggles
Posted in Church and State, Culture and Diversity, History, and Travel
Originally posted 3/28/2012. Updated 7/28/2018 to include comments by the Montserrat Guide which were previously in a separate post. We just got back from a…
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Reflections on JFK and Changing Times (Updated from 11/23/2013)
Posted in Culture and Diversity, Economics, History, and Politics
I was a senior at Vanderbilt on November 22, 1963, the day of President Kennedy’s assassination. JFK had visited Nashville and spoken at Vanderbilt’s Dudley…
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