History

A History of Presidents Using Military to Restore Order 0
- History
- June 2, 2020
The National Guard has stepped in to quell the violence in Minneapolis in the wake of riots that occurred over the death of George Floyd. The National Guard has arrived on the scene. They are in Minneapolis and fully prepared. George Floyd will not have died in vain. Respect his memory!!! — Donald J. Trump
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Eisenhower Warned About Scientific Elites Like Dr. Fauci 4
- History
- May 21, 2020
President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address is famous for his prophetic warning about the military-industrial complex: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” Eisenhower’s warning is often repeated but
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Faced With Legal Pushback, Governors Are Backing Down 0
- History
- May 21, 2020
On Wednesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz eased restrictions on his state’s lockdown. But the eased restrictions quickly lost the spotlight as the inconsistency with which he issued them took center stage. “Restaurants and bars are integral to what makes Minnesota great,” Walz said, announcing that they could reopen in a limited, outdoor fashion with up
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Hindsight is 2020: Moving Forward Post-Pandemic 0
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- May 20, 2020
In an interview about terrorism, then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld remarked “…there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”
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The 2006 Origins of the Lockdown Idea 0
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- May 18, 2020
Now begins the grand effort, on display in thousands of articles and news broadcasts daily, somehow to normalize the lockdown and all its destruction of the last two months. We didn’t lock down almost the entire country in 1968/69, 1957, or 1949-1952, or even during 1918. But in a terrifying few days in March 2020,
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American Prayer in the Midst of Crises 0
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- May 7, 2020
Several weeks ago, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave a press conference on – what else? – the coronavirus. The press conference was, like many these days, a discussion of numbers and the problems of reopening the economy, but one statement was a bit startling. Discussing the hopeful sign of plateauing numbers, Cuomo expressed caution
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