Category: Print the Legend
Haven’t We Done Enough For You People?
As part of the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, in which the Supreme Court stripped African Americans of the hard-fought rights guaranteed to them by the post-Civil War Amendments, Justice Joseph Bradley wrote in a majority opinion that favored (White) business interests over (Negro) human rights: When a man has emerged from slavery, and by…
The Soviets in World War II
Setting the Record Straight on Setting the Record Straight I recently found an article in Foreign Policy by Stephen M. Walt, a professor of international relations at Harvard University. Although it may be a few years old, it encapsulates a common sentiment on the left today. Driven by a desire to refute any notion of…
A Date That Will Be Forgotten
On December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan attacked the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. President Franklin D. Roosevelt described the attack on Pearl Harbor as “a date which will live in infamy.” At the time, it seemed impossible that anyone could forget the events of that day. It was the turning point…
Conservatism One and Conservatism Two
What is conservatism? Who are the “real conservatives?” The C word, conservative, what does it mean? It’s not as simple as it seems. Take, for example, my choice to vote for incumbent judges, a habit of mine that reflects something about how I think on a broader level. Most of the time, I believe continuity…
John Kennedy Would Not be a Republican Today (5 of 5)
Abortion This is part five of a series that examines President John Kennedy’s liberal beliefs and breaks down the misrepresentations of JFK by Larry Elder. Elder presented a very distorted version of JFK in a 2017 online piece, “John F. Kennedy: What Would He Think of His Party?” that both reflects and informs the opinions…