All posts tagged "politics"
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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...
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3.4KLGBTQIA+Transgender Athletes have Played Professional Sports since the 1970s
Athletic endeavors take pains to make competition fair. Sports will differentiate between amateur and professional competitors. Boxing, wrestling, and Mixed Martial Arts...
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Political Education
“Will No One Rid Me of this Meddlesome Priest?”
King Henry II (1133 – 1189) had a falling out with the man he had appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. After...
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International Politics
King Charles III and Politics
There is longevity in King Charle’s immediate bloodline. His parents lived into their nineties. He could be King of England for a...
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2.2KPolitical EducationCancel Culture 2022
Cancel Culture is a buzzword we still hear, mostly in right-winged media, but who cancels whom? What does “canceling” someone even mean?...
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2.3KInternational PoliticsFinal Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Dies
RIA Novosti reported Tuesday that the final Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev died. He was ninety-one, and the Russian news agency said he...
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Political Education
Spoiler
“If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.” – Liz Cheney Oh… wait… no… that...
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Political Education
Leadership Qualities
“Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are, for it shows me what your...