Broke U.S. Resumes Spending
What would you think of a person who earned $24,000 a year but spent $35,000? Suppose on top of that, he was already $170,000 in debt. You’d tell him to get his act together — stop spending so much or he’d destroy his family, impoverish his kids and wreck..."A Disease in the Public Mind"
Thomas Fleming’s book A Disease of the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War is specifically about why America fought the Civil War. But it also provides invaluable insights into public policy debates in general. When opposing sides of a...Cartoon
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Alabama: Owasco Civil War History Subject of Book OWASCO , Ala. — Local author Anthony Gero believes his latest work was a story that needed to be told. It’s the story of a young man who learns of his father’s history as a Civil War veteran. A story...Shutdown Shows Civil War Never Ended
One of the biggest hoaxes of American history is that the Civil War ended back in 1865. Unfortunately, it has not ended yet. What was achieved back then was an armistice, similar to the situation between the two Koreas. As the current logjam in the U.S. Congress makes...Obiter Dicta
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VIRGINIA: UVA Press cancels book critical of leading Southern food figures In early 2025, University of Virginia Press announced the forthcoming release of “The Strange Career of Cornbread Nationalism.” The Read More