Graf's Grievances

The United States Senate convened for the first time on March 4, 1789. However, unlike today, the first session of the U.S. Senate was...

“Politics is the art of the possible.” This quote is attributed to Otto von Bismarck, the prime minister of Prussia and founder and first...

I am of the belief that the greatest people and societies examine their past to learn from their triumphs and mistakes. On this day,...

On August 30, the last American troops left Afghanistan, formally concluding the longest war in U.S. history. Even before all U.S. troops...

On October 15, 2017, actress Alyssa Milano tweeted, “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this...

Year after years, the American people and presidential historians rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest president in U.S. history....

In 1647, Massachusetts Bay Colony passed a law establishing the basis for public schools in America. The Old Deluder Satan Act required...

The filibuster is a Senate rule that essentially requires 60 votes to pass most legislation. However, under budget reconciliation,...

When the novel coronavirus hit America’s shores in late January 2020, most Americans were understandably not aware of the deadly pandemic...

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that deaths involving opioids surged 37% between 2019 and 2020....

The Forbes 400 is known as the definitive ranking of the wealthiest Americans. In 2020, despite COVID-19 entering the lexicon, America’s...

Emerging from World War II, the United States was quickly confronting a new and growing international threat. The Soviet Union, an ally...

In 1865, a group of businessmen in San Francisco founded the Southern Pacific Railroad to connect San Francisco to San Diego. Eventually,...

The world is about a month away from the start of the 2021 Olympics. The games were postponed for a year due to the novel coronavirus...

The origins of the United States Postal Service stretch back to before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. On July 26, 1775,...

George Herbert Walker Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, on June 12, 1924. As a young child, Bush’s parents, Prescott Sheldon Bush...

Before he ran for President of the United States, Donald Trump loved the media. He courted reporters through manipulation, compliments...

Despite being born into one of the wealthiest families in America, the late Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) made his career looking out for...

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit America’s shores, online shopping surged to levels never seen before. In March of this year, U.S....

Liz Cheney seems to relish a good fight. In July of 2013, Liz Cheney announced in a YouTube video that she would be challenging...