If I could change an event in American history, I would eliminate the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This is … More
Tag: history
I would eliminate Prohibition in the USA
If I could change one event in American history, this one would be pretty easy. I would eliminate Prohibition. In … More
Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society program
If I could change one major decision in modern American history, I would go back to the 1960s and change … More
Three-Fifths Compromise
If I could change one event in American history that might have prevented the Civil War, I wouldn’t stop the … More
The Way the Treaty of Versailles was Written
If I could change one event in history, I wouldn’t erase World War II. I would go back twenty years … More
There is an old saying that history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
That is why I have always been puzzled by how quickly people dismiss comparisons between modern immigration debates and the … More
Who Controls the Power Controls the Country
People keep talking about regime change in Iran as if it could happen quickly — maybe the people rise up, … More
How lucky I am.
Lately I’ve been watching a YouTuber named Kurt Caz. If you’ve never heard of him, he’s not the typical travel … More
It Never Seems to Be Enough
Every time I watch the news or listen to a podcast after a major crime, the questions come fast and … More
How a Revolution Almost Didn’t Happen (A Fictional Story)
By the time the emergency order came down, the anger had already been brewing for years. It lived in closed … More
This Stuff Runs Deep With Me
History always repeats itself I’m an Italian American who lived through the end of the Mafia era in the Northeast. … More
The Middle Class Didn’t Fail — It Was Squeezed, The Wealth Gap
“The middle class is the backbone of our economy.”— Barack Obama I remember asking my dad what was the difference … More