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Gunplay in the Senate and The Nudist Prophet

Nice Deliberation On This Date In History: Antebellum US Senate days got pretty hairy. If you think partisanship is tough in our era, today’s debates are quite mild in comparison. in the mid 1… more →

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From the Whiskey Tax to the Civil War

vikramsundar wrote 2 weeks ago: In 1791, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and President Washington set in place a tax on … more →

Tags: History & Analysis, Lincoln, Louisiana Purchase, Whiskey Tax, Civil War, Washington, hamilton, Clay, Manifest Destiny

Immutable Kingdom - Part 70

sklaft wrote 2 months ago: (Upper Tequomenon Falls, U.P. Michigan) The Immutable Kingdom – Part 70 By Scott A. Klaft J. W. McGa … more →

Tags: Immutable Kingdom, Christ, kingdom, church, History, immutable, Religion, Religious History, God

John Minor Botts shares some thoughts on John Brown's raid... and a little more

Robert Moore wrote 2 months ago: I’ll get back to my thread of posts on Southern Unionism in western Maryland (which began here), but … more →

Tags: American Civil War, Antebellum Period, Southern Unionists, slaves, Virginia, Democratic Party, John Bell, Republican Party, Maryland

Gang of Nix — 7 comments

Joe Loveland wrote 3 months ago: nix (niks) slang. noun. Nothing. After conceding dozens of major health care reforms in the “G … more →

Tags: communications, health-care reform, Gang of Six, Senator Max Baucus, compromise, Negotiations, negotiator

Southern Succession

zentner1984 wrote 6 months ago: Could the South have won the American Civil War? Unlikely. At least in Lincoln’s administrat … more →

Tags: South, CSA, Confederate, Civil War

The Political Way Ahead for America - Free Constituencies

nelsonleith wrote 7 months ago: As part of my policy series “The Political Way Ahead for America” (read parts 1 and 2) I … more →

Tags: Political Way Ahead for America, American Revolution, California, Chris Matthews, Congress, Feudalism, Hardball, House of Lords, House of Representatives

From The Bookshelf: Part 1

Tieffa Harper wrote 8 months ago: We’re knee deep in submissions, and I’ve been extremely behind on my personal reading (w … more →

Tags: Books, Slavery, Mrs. Dred Scott, Dred Scott, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Lea Vandervelde, Professor Lea Vandervelde, dred scott decision, Harriett Scott

Gunplay in the Senate and The Nudist Prophet — 5 comments

symonsezwlky wrote 8 months ago: Nice Deliberation On This Date In History: Antebellum US Senate days got pretty hairy. If you think … more →

Tags: History, Weather, This Date in History, Opinion, Louisville Weather, Bob Symon, Louisville Forecast, Science, Politics

Subversive Historian - 03/06/09

Gabriel San Blogman wrote 10 months ago: The Dred Scott Decision Back in the day on March 6th, 1857, the United States Supreme Court ruled th … more →

Tags: History, Race, racism, Slavery, US History, Supreme Court, Legal History, Dred Scott, institutional racism