Posts By James Sheridan
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2.3KElectionsWill Trump defeat Biden like Dewey defeated Truman?
“History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” Mark Twain In 1948 President Truman’s approval rating was at 36%. Today, President Biden’s...
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2.6KElectionsWhat Does Labor Want Today?
“We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less vice; more leisure and less greed;...
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5.6KPolitical EducationThe Banality of Evil
In 1932 vacuum cleaner salesman Adolf Eichmann joined the Nazi Party and then the Schutzstaffel, better known as the SS. Eichmann worked...
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3.1KPoliticsGeorge Washington Inoculates The Army
Smallpox Smallpox is an acute disease caused by the variola virus . It is highly contagious and has caused millions of deaths...
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3.1KElectionsTo The Victor Goes The Spoils?
George Washington’s Meritocracy President George Washington was a ‘self-made man.’ Washington’s wealth came from shrewd investments in real estate and bonds. His...
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2.9KPolitical EducationChance The Humanitarian
While others are using their wealth to visit outer space, view the wreckage of the Titanic, or buy their own social media...
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4.2KElectionsThe Svengali Defense
The Big Lie Defendants A massive number of Trump attorneys, advisors, Proud Boys, phony delegates, and other officials are charged in the...
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3.2KLabor or UnionsWhat Does Labor Want? A United Auto Workers Contract
How did we get here? 2007In response to the severe 2007 financial crisis the UAW accepted a contract that froze wages for...
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4.1K1ElectionsKobayashi Maru
In the science fiction series Star Trek the Kobayashi Maru scenario is an exercise at Starfleet Academy. The training exercise is set...
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3.3KLabor or UnionsArbitration and Mediation
“America is barreling towards a summer of strikes,” says a headline in the Seattle Times. Union workers in the post-pandemic economy are...