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This cartoon is by me and R. E. Ryan. Transcript, comments, and a blog post about this cartoon are here, and I’ll also post the transcript in comments. I make a living because of hundreds of supporters pledging low amounts - $1-$3 - and that's just how...
by Barry Deutsch
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on Fri May 03, 2024 at 10:29 AM PDT
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The following is an excerpt from my new book Lincoln’s Ghost: Our Haunted Presidency. McKinley’s Ghost and a Bull Moose In the darkness of a modest rented single room John Flammang Schrank, a Bavarian-born saloonkeeper was awakened with a terrible...
by Robertbuccellato
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on Tue Feb 27, 2024 at 04:48 AM PST
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It's Darwin Day . Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) was a naturalist, geologist and Biologist who made foundational contributions to evolutionary biology . He did not assert that man is descended from ...
by enhydra lutris
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on Mon Feb 12, 2024 at 06:06 AM PST
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“The most important election in American history.” “The nation is at a crossroads.” “Unprecedented.” “Inflection point.” … Oh hum. We hear that every election year. We’re tired of it. I’m going back to Tik-Tok. It is accurate that these terms have been...
by Robert S McElvaine
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on Mon Jan 01, 2024 at 10:59 AM PST
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The White House is without question the most well-known residence and government institution in the United States. It is also one of the oldest standing homes in the country. So, with a history that dates back to 1801 and has been filled with such...
by Robertbuccellato
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on Wed Sep 20, 2023 at 05:06 AM PDT
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Harry Truman wrote from the White House, “I sit here in this old house and work on foreign affairs, read reports, and work on speeches — all the while listening to the ghosts walk up and down the hallway… The floors pop and the drapes move back and...
by Robertbuccellato
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on Thu Sep 07, 2023 at 08:16 AM PDT
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The concept of a constitution existed long before the American revolution. The American revolution was launched essentially arguing that the British were violating the American constitution repeatedly. The concept of constitutionalism and its...
by Stephen Nelson
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on Thu Jul 13, 2023 at 11:15 AM PDT
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Laurence H. Tribe has an Op Ed in The NY Times: Why I Changed My Mind on the Debt Limit Tribe is one of those Very Serious People who are in and out of government all the time. He’s on the short list for matters in his area of expertise. He’s been...
by xaxnar
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on Mon May 08, 2023 at 06:20 AM PDT
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Transcript of Cornell University’s Copy "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great...
by McGovern78
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on Fri Apr 07, 2023 at 03:19 AM PDT
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Be it resolved. Since the truth may sting, but can set or keep us free, those who peg the unpalatable unprintable do us no favors. Indeed, they effectively push “IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH;” so long as they do, adverse (and perhaps Orwellian) outcomes may...
by Inspector Clueso
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on Wed Jan 04, 2023 at 11:44 AM PST
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“We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.”
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by McGovern78
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on Tue Nov 08, 2022 at 12:00 AM PST
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"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening my�axe.”
Mssrs.,�Robert, Edward (Eddie),�William (Willie),�Thomas (Tad) --�LINCOLN.
by McGovern78
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on Sun Aug 07, 2022 at 03:00 PM PDT
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2021 was a very tough year for Central Valley salmon populations, due to state and federal government water mismanagement during a record drought. Only 2.6 percent of juvenile endangered winter run Chinook salmon on the Sacramento River survived in...
by Dan Bacher
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on Sun Mar 20, 2022 at 12:56 PM PDT
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Damon Langlois has been awarded 1st Place for his incredible sand sculpture, “Liberty Crumbling”, at the 2019 Texas SandFest. The 23rd annual Texas SandFest drew 35,000 people to Port Aransas, Texas and is recognized as the largest native-sand...
by boblite
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on Wed Mar 09, 2022 at 01:14 PM PST
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Republicans, Lincoln would say, are no longer a party of the people, by the people, or for the people.
by danielcm
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on Tue Oct 05, 2021 at 06:45 AM PDT
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In 1876, a gang of Chicago counterfeiters hatched a bizarre plan to steal the corpse of President Abraham Lincoln and use it to spring one of their members from jail. For those who don't know, I ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Wed Sep 29, 2021 at 01:00 PM PDT
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Yeah, you know Lincoln’s story.� For those who don't know, I live in a converted campervan and travel around the country, posting photo diaries of places that I visit. �:) This is the official ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Thu Sep 23, 2021 at 12:58 PM PDT
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When it comes to LGBTQ+ rights, protections, and equality, we all know how important it is to stay with the long-term battle in terms of federal and state-level actions. Unfortunately, many of us also know how long the road to actual acceptance can be,...
by Marissa Higgins
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on Mon Aug 02, 2021 at 10:34 AM PDT
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Here, at this time, when a majority of one political party will not permit an investigation into the worst perfidy since Ft. Sumter and a majority of the other meekly accedes to the seditious result that follows, when the majority of one party has...
by Kokopelli2018
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on Sat May 29, 2021 at 11:11 AM PDT
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A Tale of Two Cities — Lincoln and Omaha Elections Nebraska’s two largest metropolitan areas just completed their election cycles. In Lincoln, the Democrats won big with the most diverse slate in the history of the city. The results in Omaha were...
by NebraskaDemocrat
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