During the 2004 Presidential Election, voter turnout was significantly higher in states where the margin of victory for either candidate was less than 10%. The states that George Bush won by less than five percent of the vote were: Iowa, Colorado, Ohio, New Mexico and...
16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.” Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to...
“We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.” Abraham Lincoln, December 1, 1862 The events of the past are constantly shaping the future course of human events. Because of this, there are few instances in the past century where the...
EUFOR Chad What happens when the U.N decides that a situation requires military intervention and the U.S. is unwilling or unable to to take a lead role? Looking to the nations of the European Union would seem to be a natural alternative. This in fact is exactly what...
After the Cold War “You can always rely on America to do the right thing. Once it has exhausted the alternatives.” Winston Churchill At the time, I was mostly too young to comprehend the events of the late 1980’s and the end of the Cold War. There are a lot...
So, if it wasn’t about WMD’s or 9/11, how can I possibly make a case supporting the Iraq invasion? As I’ve stated, I’m a self-professed student of history. Specifically, a student of the Cold War and Post-World War II American history. It is...
