History and My Story

So, given the current economic crisis in our country it is only natural that Americans are taking a look back at the Great Depression: making comparisons between the banking system then and now, looking at the government’s reaction—which was laissez-faire at first, and testing the safeguards in our society that were established with FDR’s New [...]

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So here is a good current example of the way “doctrines” happen:  Russia fighting Georgia over the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and the subsequent negative reactions from the U.S. and the E.U. will no doubt influence the way Russia interacts with the West in the future.  The leader of Russia will make a speech [...]

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Here is the behind the scenes raw footage of McCain’s and Obama’s joint appearance yesterday at the World Trade Center. They did not campaign yesterday or run any political ads out of respect for the victims of the September 11th attacks. There are some other reasons behind the candidate’s actions…were you able to [...]

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You (my new students just starting out in this world history journey) will come to find out that a “doctrine” is a term that the media coins to explain a president’s foreign policy.  It’s not like Bush ever said, “Hi, I’m Bush, this is my doctrine…”  The same way Truman or Brezhnev didn’t talk about [...]

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Ready, set, go!  At this very moment our nation’s political reporters are crafting the questions they will challenge Sarah Palin with this week as she heads out on the campaign trail.  Perhaps someone will ask her to define appeasement à la Chris Matthews and Kevin James.  Perhaps she’ll be asked to name the current president [...]

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First day of school here and there is definitely excitement in the air.  Hopefully in the months ahead when routines are in place and our days get more “ho hum” we can think back and remember today’s feelings, all full of hope and expectation as we embark on the high school years for the class [...]

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