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Category: American History

Sunday Morning at the Movies: Hostiles

May 21, 2023

The long Indian Wars were the first to create PTSD for American soldiers, and for the same reason other twilight wars harmed their minds as well as bodies. … More Sunday Morning at the Movies: Hostiles

Sunday Morning at the Movies: Hostiles

Yellow Bananas, Green Bananas

April 21, 2023

Dan Carlin’s deep dive on the Atlantic Slave trade … More Yellow Bananas, Green Bananas

Yellow Bananas, Green Bananas

Reading Dobbs

August 29, 2022

Read the critical cases yourself. Understand both sides. It is your duty as a citizen. … More Reading Dobbs

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ON THIS DAY: Manson Family Murders

August 9, 2022

An inexplicable series of murders revealed a cult of killers in the long summer of 1969… … More ON THIS DAY: Manson Family Murders

ON THIS DAY: Manson Family Murders

ON THIS DAY: Humans Reach The Moon

July 20, 2022

The achievement of the Americans who reached the moon will stand for all time as a monument to human ingenuity. … More ON THIS DAY: Humans Reach The Moon

ON THIS DAY: Humans Reach The Moon

ON THIS DAY: First Nuclear Explosion Called Trinity

July 16, 2022

The Trinity bomb test proved that nuclear bombs would work, and they were deployed against an enemy just a few short weeks later. … More ON THIS DAY: First Nuclear Explosion Called Trinity

ON THIS DAY: First Nuclear Explosion Called Trinity

ON THIS DAY: Picketts’ Charge

July 3, 2022

Pickett’s Charge on July 3, 1863, was the high water mark for the Confederacy, and marked the beginning of the end for the American Civil War. … More ON THIS DAY: Picketts’ Charge

ON THIS DAY: Picketts’ Charge

ON THIS DAY: Juneteenth

June 20, 2022

Celebrating the end of slavery in the United States … More ON THIS DAY: Juneteenth

ON THIS DAY: Juneteenth

Media: Talking Shit With Beecher

June 14, 2022

I sat down for two hours with one of the greatest fight trainers in the history of combat sports for a talk about my new book. … More Media: Talking Shit With Beecher

Media: Talking Shit With Beecher

China and the Enduring Spirit of ‘76

October 30, 2018

Does the US still have an essentially special nature compared to other nations? … More China and the Enduring Spirit of ‘76

China and the Enduring Spirit of ‘76

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