If you are interested in race relations in the US, I would recommend books by Thomas Sowell: https://www.amazon.com/Civil-Rights-Rhetoric-Thomas-Sowell/dp/0688062695/ref=sr_1_1 And John McWhorter: ht… (View Post)

Common mistake: The House has the power to "impeach", not the Senate. (Think of an impeachment as roughly equivalent to an indictment.) If the House impeaches a president, then the Senate h… (View Post)

Related to the topic: Lincoln's second inaugural took about 5 minutes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln%27s_second_inaugural_address The whole speech astonishes me every time I read it, … (View Post)

The Loser’s choice for National Security Adviser is . . . . interesting: "In February 2020, Rep. Michael Waltz, then a first-term GOP lawmaker, received a coveted invitation to fly to his home s… (View Post)

FDR was clever enough, after the Pearl Harbor attack, to wait for Hitler to declare war on the US, though some of his advisors wanted him to go ahead and declare war first. It helped unite the US, an… (View Post)