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I still use wikipedia frequently, it seems to me to be the most fact based info source around. I was trying to find out what schools...

Feb 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM

And when these young people end up working in our government are we really supposed to feel that they will be working for what is best...

Feb 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM

it has been proven many times that bullying can get you what you want. For a while.

Feb 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM

I mentioned it was a "sad day" for me in a thread i started this morning. He truly was a candle in the wind, and now his light has been...

Feb 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM

I think it behooves us to keep in mind what Thomas Frank wrote in about 2008, "Bad government is the natural product of rule by those...

Feb 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM

You might like reading Joanne Freeman's "The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the road to the Civil War" . I am hoping that the...

Feb 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM

Excellent book, I read last year and have enjoyed all of Erik Larsen’s books.

Feb 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM

Got it! Now I just need to read it.

Feb 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM

I am a big fan of Erik LArson and see that there is a copy of this book, that I did not know about, in our library. I'm on my way, if...

Feb 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM

FYI, you are correct, Trump not being in office when the cease fire was put together and subsequent execution schedule was completely...

Feb 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM