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Indian Removal Act of 1830.

If I could change an event in American history, I would eliminate the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This is … More

culture, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2858, history, native-americans, politics, writing

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

dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2858, health, history, politics, prohibition, travel

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

dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2858, economics, history, news, politics, poverty

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

abraham-lincoln, civil-war, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2858, history, politics, slavery

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

dailyprompt, dailyprompt-2858, fascism, germany, history, politics, war

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

history, immigration, politics, roman-empire, travel

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

history, iran, israel, middle-east, politics

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

adventure, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1870, europe, history, travel, writing

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

crime, history, news, politics, writing

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

history, life, mental-health, politics, writing

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

history, immigration, news, politics, trump

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

economics, economy, history, marxism, politics

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