HISTORY
“EACH GENERATION OF AMERICANS RIGHTFULLY DEMANDS A NEW ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PAST” RONALD C. WHITE LINCOLN: A BIOGRAPHY. … IT’S YOUR HISTORY. HELP WRITE IT.
BUSH V. GORE 2000 ELECTION
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BOB HALDEMAN ON THE NIXON TAPES
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ALTAMONT 1969
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NAZIS INVADE RUSSIA 1941
In June 1940 Germany invaded France, and in the United States peacetime conscription was introduced. Then in June 1941 Hitler invaded Russia, at which point Russia became became our ally. FROM AN AMERICAN STORY This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders.
RODNEY KING RIOTS – LOOTING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6S-wTidqVs&feature=youtube_gdata_player Every so often the turmoil of politics and the excess of America’s racism would flare. In 1991 the footage of Rodney King beatings blanketed the LA airwaves, and I felt I was once again as if I was witnessing the American South in 1962 or the riots in Watt). But despite the horror of […]
JIMMY CARTER’S ENERGY ADDRESS 1977
The tumult of the Sixties seemed long gone. Ronald Reagan had settled into his Presidency. After Nixon’s resignation, Gerald Ford was sworn in as the 38th President. Viewed through the lens of a parliamentary democracy – as I learned from my years in England – Gerald Ford as leader of the House Majority would have […]
WATERBOARDING
In 2011 a Senate debate on water boarding revolved around a hypothetical dilemma offered to the witness: somewhere in a U.S city a terrorist has a nuclear weapon and the only way to get the information to stop it is through the use of torture. Although a measured response to the leading question would go […]
KEN GORMLEY “DEATH OF AMERICAN VIRTUE” 2010
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RODNEY KING BEATING 1990
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ROSS PEROT (1992)
In 1992 George H. W. Bush lost to Bill Clinton, a cold blow really. I had no particular liking for Bill Clinton. The first time I saw him I turned off the television repelled by his cute little Kennedy haircut and what seemed like a disingenuous smile. (Ross Perot’s candidacy emerged to become a blip, […]
