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What’s wrong with the GOP in one sentence
“Our whole business system would break down in a day if there was not a high sense of moral responsibility in our business world.” Spoken by Herbert Hoover on the campaign trail in 1928, and quoted by Jill Lepore in … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corruption, Government, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich
Tagged "These Truths", American history, GOP, Herbert Hoover, Jill Lepore
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What some call critical race theory, I call history
I learned about slavery years before I learned about Hitler, concentration camps and genocide. My mother taught me about slavery when I was four or five. As I grew up and absorbed more of life’s complexities, that awful reality grew … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged American history, American slavery, critical race theory, Grant, John Roy Lynch, President Grant, Reconstruction, Ron Chernow, slavery, the Civil War, Ulysses S Grant
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