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Thomas Macaulay was a good British imperialist who went out to India to take up the white man's burden. He was also an accomplished scholar, a Whig politician, and author the extremely popular History of England - which reflected liberal Whiggish ideas...
by jjohnjj
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on Sat Oct 21, 2023 at 08:03 AM PDT
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Yesterday morning, before I went in for my early shift, I read this great diary about an Epic Twitter Rant by Steve Schmidt:
In epic Twitter thread, Steve Schmidt explains why 1/6/21 will be the ...
by Slideman
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on Mon Jan 04, 2021 at 03:00 AM PST
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The ongoing debate between historians who study The Revolutionary era is a political one. Participants typically fall into two camps, Jeffersonian sympathizers and Hamiltonian sympathizers, and the ...
by johnnymonicker
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on Sat Jan 18, 2014 at 11:26 AM PST
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This morning I was greeted with a spectacular display of information that I found at the same time beautiful, educational, and awe-inspiring.
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I direct your attention to ...
by ThatTallGuy
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on Wed Nov 21, 2012 at 09:43 AM PST
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The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human ...
by imobannon
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on Tue Jul 03, 2012 at 09:17 PM PDT
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Many Americans are vaguely aware that George W. Bush lied us into a war. Everyone knows about the infamous 16 words in his State of the Union speech and Valerie Plame. But few appreciate the full ...
by thebloodycrossroads
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on Mon Sep 19, 2011 at 09:36 AM PDT
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This is a surprisingly short section at the moment, given the subject.
by Ponder Stibbons
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on Fri Apr 22, 2011 at 09:13 AM PDT
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With its conservative purity tests and purges, by "going rogue" is the Republican Party going the way of the Whigs?
In the Whig morality tale, the mortal wound to the party was dealt in the ...
by jmknapp
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on Thu Nov 05, 2009 at 06:34 AM PST
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld created the Office of Strategic Influence shortly after the 9/11 attacks to ...
by Jeff Huber
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on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 05:39 AM PDT
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