All Entries in the "History" Category
Stop the War on May Day!
By Roderick T. Long Cross posted here from Bleeding Heart Libertarians. I strongly disagree with the suggestion by Jason, Ilya, and others to rename May Day “Victims of Communism” Day. The fact that Communist regimes have attempted to co-opt May Day is no reason to imitate them in a second co-opting attempt. May Day not only originally was, [...]
Why the Republican Party Elected Lincoln
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo It is occasionally possible to see through the fog of mysticism, superstition, lies, and the romantic, happy-faced, floating butterfly vision of Abraham Lincoln that has been created by American court historians over the past century. One place to begin is the gem of a book by Pulitzer prize-winning Lincoln biographer David Donald [...]
The Dream of the 1890s: Why Old Mutualism Is Making a New Comeback
MAR 13 2012, 11:30 AM ET The values of this generation of independent-minded workers aren’t wild and new. Instead, they represent a return to the values we abandoned at the height of the industrial revolution. Wikimedia Commons photo of Portland in 1890. The ’90s are making a comeback. The 1890s, that is. That was the [...]
WAR IS A RACKET – Major General Smedley D. Butler USMC, Retired
Written by Two-Time Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Major General Smedley D. Butler USMC, Retired CHAPTER ONE WAR IS A RACKET WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in [...]
The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto – The Origin and Evil of Public Schools
A weekend seminar with John Taylor Gatto John Taylor Gatto, one of the outstanding scholars and writers in the history of American education, is not only a truth-teller about the corrupting and dangerous American compulsory school system. He is also an extraordinary teacher, once being named as Teacher of the Year for New York State. This [...]
