Posts By James Sheridan
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4.6KInternational PoliticsPutin Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
Pete Seeger’s 1967 song, ‘Waist Deep In The Big Muddy’, tells the story of a platoon on night maneuvers. The captain tells...
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2.3KElectionsThe Good is Oft Interred with the Bones: Vice President Dan Quayle
Indiana-born James Danforth Quayle’s meteoric political career began when he was elected to Congress in 1976 at age 29. He was elected...
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3.0KElectionsSununu’s Lane
Former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have been battling over who can be the most authoritarian candidate for the...
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3.8KInternational PoliticsShoot First and Ask Questions Later
On February 4, 2023, the U.S. military shot down a Chinese spy balloon in American airspace. Shortly afterward, the military destroyed three...
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6.2KGun ControlWhat’s The Plan, Republicans?
Republicans refuse to address firearms crimes by banning assault weapons or enacting other firearms crime mitigation efforts. Since common sense firearms safety...
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Elections
Media Driven Terrorism
Now that Trump has ‘jumped the shark’ regarding bigotry and advocating the termination of the Constitution, only the most extreme of his...
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Elections
Trump Jumps The Shark
Ex-President Trump recently had dinner with a Holocaust-denying white supremacist. Political commentators ask if Trump will apologize. Of course, he won’t. The...
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Political Education
Ford’s Whip Inflation Now Initiative
Inflation is not a new problem. Past presidents have dealt with it in different ways. The United States was facing a terrible...
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Political Education
Nixon’s Wage and Price Controls
Inflation is not a new problem. Past presidents have dealt with it in different ways. President Nixon, facing re-election in 1972, feared...
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Political Education
The Good is Oft Interred with the Bones: Barry Goldwater
“The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” William Shakespeare Barry Goldwater was a...