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Expanding Your Majority:
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...
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Oct 30, 20217 min read
The Art of the Possible:
“Politics is the art of the possible.” This quote is attributed to Otto von Bismarck, the prime minister of Prussia and founder and first...
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Oct 20, 20215 min read
Far Past Time:
I am of the belief that the greatest people and societies examine their past to learn from their triumphs and mistakes. On this day,...
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Oct 11, 20213 min read
Fact Check: The Taliban Does Not Have $85 Billion of U.S. Weaponry
On August 30, the last American troops left Afghanistan, formally concluding the longest war in U.S. history. Even before all U.S. troops...
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Sep 24, 20212 min read
On Gender Equality:
On October 15, 2017, actress Alyssa Milano tweeted, “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this...
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Sep 6, 20216 min read
The Unmitigated March to War:
Year after years, the American people and presidential historians rank Abraham Lincoln as the greatest president in U.S. history....
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Aug 31, 20217 min read
Funding Our Democracy:
In 1647, Massachusetts Bay Colony passed a law establishing the basis for public schools in America. The Old Deluder Satan Act required...
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Aug 23, 20217 min read
Budget Reconciliation Thoughts:
The filibuster is a Senate rule that essentially requires 60 votes to pass most legislation. However, under budget reconciliation,...
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Aug 12, 20213 min read
Hillbilly Turned Elitist J.D. Vance:
When the novel coronavirus hit America’s shores in late January 2020, most Americans were understandably not aware of the deadly pandemic...
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Aug 9, 20219 min read
Opioid Overdoses On The Rise
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that deaths involving opioids surged 37% between 2019 and 2020....
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Jul 27, 20214 min read
Refund the IRS:
The Forbes 400 is known as the definitive ranking of the wealthiest Americans. In 2020, despite COVID-19 entering the lexicon, America’s...
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Jul 13, 20216 min read
Indefensible:
Emerging from World War II, the United States was quickly confronting a new and growing international threat. The Soviet Union, an ally...
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Jul 7, 20216 min read
Recall the Recall:
In 1865, a group of businessmen in San Francisco founded the Southern Pacific Railroad to connect San Francisco to San Diego. Eventually,...
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Jun 30, 20217 min read
Cheering for Voting Rights:
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...
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Jun 23, 20217 min read
Postmarked: Yesterday
The origins of the United States Postal Service stretch back to before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. On July 26, 1775,...
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Jun 15, 20216 min read
Terrible Texas Ted:
George Herbert Walker Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, on June 12, 1924. As a young child, Bush’s parents, Prescott Sheldon Bush...
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Jun 9, 202110 min read
The Spark:
Before he ran for President of the United States, Donald Trump loved the media. He courted reporters through manipulation, compliments...
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Jun 3, 20218 min read
Respecting Performance
Despite being born into one of the wealthiest families in America, the late Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) made his career looking out for...
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May 24, 20216 min read
The Plan We Need:
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit America’s shores, online shopping surged to levels never seen before. In March of this year, U.S....
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May 10, 20218 min read
The Good Fight:
Liz Cheney seems to relish a good fight. In July of 2013, Liz Cheney announced in a YouTube video that she would be challenging...
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May 7, 20216 min read
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