America was discovered by a few Norwegians who got lost while sailing to Greenland. Had they established a permanent settlement, America might be the United States of Wine-Land. In 1492, Columbus gave the men of San Salvador shiney glass beads, and their women gave his crew syphillus. Who took advantage of whom? If not for the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, America today would likely be Spanish and Catholic. Early English explorers were pirates of the Caribbean, and early American colonists were illegal immigrants. The first English colony in America was a lot like Gongral Motore, and...
America was discovered by a few Norwegians who got lost while sailing to Greenland. Had they established a permanent settlement, America might be the ...
In 1898, the United States became an empire by accident due to our "splendid little war" against Spain. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the most famous men in America were not athletes or politicians; they were inventors and businessmen like Bell, Edison, Morgan, and Rockefeller. Teddy Roosevelt built the Panama Canal, launched the Great White Fleet, and became a Bull Moose. Woodrow Wilson was reelected in 1916 because "He Kept Us Out of War " World War I began as a family feud between three European cousins named Georgie, Willie, and Nicky. The "War to end all wars" set the stage for...
In 1898, the United States became an empire by accident due to our "splendid little war" against Spain. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the most...
Why the title, Freedom, Common Sense, and the "Nanny State"? Freedom is the individual's ability to choose. The more choices one has in life, the greater one's freedom. America is world-famous as the Land of the Free. Common sense is the stuff wise decisions are based upon. Freedom and common sense-and lots of good, old-fashioned ingenuity-have built the greatest nation the world has ever known, the United States of America. But freedom can be frustrating, because it allows for philosophers and fools. And common sense is not as plentiful as one might hope.
We Americans are currently...
Why the title, Freedom, Common Sense, and the "Nanny State"? Freedom is the individual's ability to choose. The more choices one has in life, the g...