Posts By James Sheridan
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Political Education
Elements of McCarthyism
Most textbook and encyclopedia definitions of McCarthyism refer to unsupported and unfair accusations against innocent parties. McCarthyism has been considered a style...
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Political Education
The McCarthy Era
Joseph R. McCarthy was elected United States Senator from Wisconsin in 1948 following his upset victory over ‘Young Bob’ LaFollette in the...
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Politics
The Patty Hearst Brain Washing Defense
Authoritarian political cults such as Qanon not only indoctrinate their members with conspiracy theories but have also moved some of those cult...
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Elections
The fault is not in our stars…
In his play ‘Julius Caesar’ William Shakespeare has one of his characters say, “The fault… is not in our stars, But in...
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Political Education
Free Reality Winner
In 2017, Reality Winner, a contractor with the NSA, leaked information about Russian interference in the U.S. elections to the media. She...
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Political Education
“Typhoid Mary”- an Asymptomatic Carrier
In 1907, New York City experienced a typhoid outbreak that may have been caused by an asymptomatic carrier known by the moniker...
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Political Education
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Martha Beall Mitchell, nicknamed the “Mouth of the South” was the wife of President Nixon’s Attorney Geneal, John N. Mitchell.. Washington D.C....
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Political Education
Margaret Chase Smith’s Declaration of Conscience
Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. Margaret Chase Smith, The Journal of the National...
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Political Education
The Snatching of J.B. Pritzker
Now it comes, the winter of 2020. After a long hard ten or eleven months, times are very tough indeed. With the...
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Labor or Unions
What Does Labor Want?
Labor leader Samuel Gompers was once asked, ‘What does labor want?’ He responded: “We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books...