Posts By James Sheridan
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Political Education
The Good is oft Interred with the Bones: Nixon’s EPA
By the late 1960’s there were grave public concerns about the environment. The pollution of air and water due to the use...
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Gun Control
Vigilantes or ‘Good Guy with a Gun’ Folk Heroes?
“You don’t look too bad, here’s another” Bernhard Goetz In 1981, teenagers attacked and injured Bernhard Goetz on a New York subway...
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2.5KLabor or UnionsLiz Shuler and the Future of Organized Labor
Liz Shuler was elected the AFL-CIO’s first female president in August after longtime leader Richard Trumka unexpectedly passed away. Shuler said, “Rich...
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Political Education
Are Roads Racist?
Some opponents of President Biden’s infrastructure plan ask incredulously, ‘are roads racist’? “I heard some stuff, some weird stuff from the secretary...
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Political Education
Will Biden Save his Presidency through Executive Order?
Will Biden Save his Presidency through Executive Order? Biden’s Opportunity President Biden’s presidency is stalled due to thin partisan margins that, if...
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Political Education
Hitchens Razor
The late Christopher Hitchens was an intellectual, philosopher, journalist, and novelist. In one of his books, Hitchens put forth his ‘razor’: That...
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Gun Control
Justice Scalia and The Second Amendment
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear...
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Political Education
Who’s Next?
The Biden Infrastructure proposal was passed by the House of Representatives last week. The President of the United States, the Speaker of...
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Political Education
‘Stay Woke’
The Use and Misuse of Language. After the Democratic defeats in the November 2021 elections, Democratic activist James Carville said “What went...
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Political Education
The Party of ‘No’ vs Everyone Else
Why do the Democrats seem to be in so much turmoil? The recent traditional roles of the Democratic and Republican parties have...