Russia, if you’re listening, the gig is up.
Friday nights used to be routine: throughout the week, the White House Press Office would save all of its big and controversial announcements to literally “dump” them on the public […]
Yes Rudy, it was a campaign finance violation
I just finished, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States by Alexander Keyssar. A detailed and well-documented history of suffrage laws in the United States, Keyssar […]
My Weekend in Mississippi
Last weekend, I visited the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson. The two share a common space and opened on the same day, December […]
Presidential Scandals
I’m back. A short hiatus from blogging turned into a much longer and protracted interruption these last few months. Not from lack of controversies to discuss, my absence in the cybersphere […]
Fear: Your’s, Mine, and the World’s
Real power is —- I don’t even want to use the word —– fear.” Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump in an interview with Bob Woodward and Robert Costa on March […]
A Couple Things on Laura Ingraham’s Immigration Monogram: She knows better.
For better or worse, I read articles before commenting and try to listen beyond the soundbite making the news. I remember a lot from Professor Sanders Poli Sci courses at […]
James and Dolley Madison at Montpelier
My favorite stop on this year’s presidential tour was Montpelier, home of James and Dolley Madison. Located a few miles outside of Orange, Virginia along Constitution Highway, Montpelier was the […]
George Mason, Gunston Hall, and Copyright Laws
George Mason, the founding father with a REAL copyright infringement claim George Mason never made it to the White House. In fact, he never even tried. As a landed Virginia […]
Just a Couple Things: The Mueller Indictments
Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein’s announcement today ricocheted through the halls of Congress, off the walls of the White House, up to 5th Avenue in New York City, and finally across […]
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and Museum, Staunton Virginia
Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia, a relatively small town 45 minutes west of Charlottesville. The future president (28th) lived in Staunton with his family – his father was […]
Jefferson, Monroe, Grant, and…..
Monticello High atop Montalto mountain sits Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s neoclassical, Palladian mansion, the centerpiece of his once 5,000-acre tobacco and mixed crop plantation. Located outside of Charlottesville, Monticello offers extensive […]
Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!
Berkeley Plantation Located outside Charles City, Virginia, Berkeley Plantation dates back to the 1600s. An original settlement, named after Berkeley, England, it survived just over 2 years before settlers were […]
This is Who We Are
My first blog post was on Facebook in January 2017. It was before Trump’s inauguration and like most progressives, I was doing my best to cope with the reality of […]
Just a Couple Things: The Clinton Interview
I have grown accustomed to waking up at 6:00 a.m. to watch Morning Joe. Mondays are particularly fun and full of new material from the weekend. Joe is not really a “news program,” rather […]
The Reaction: Has it Started Yet?
Some historians contend that the Cold War was not inevitable; that in the years immediately following World War II, peaceful co-existence between the United States and Soviet Union was possible. […]
History Can Be Unpleasant
The terror attacks of 9/11 changed the lives of every American old enough to remember where they were at the exact moment they heard that an airplane had flown into […]
The Real Reason You Don’t Like Hillary and Nancy
As any reader of my blog knows, I am verbose. Yes, I was the college student who would routinely use the smallest font available combined with narrow margins to meet […]