Jesse SchecknerFebruary 2, 2024
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‘We’ve heard the kind of promises Donald Trump is making before. But last time, they were in German.’
Tag: Nazi GermanyMike Johnson. Image via AP.
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Anne GeggisMarch 1, 2022
5min0
The bill, passed with Democrats' opposition, now goes to the full Senate floor.
Guest AuthorFebruary 2, 2020
7min348
The lessons of the Holocaust are lessons for the entire world.
Staff ReportsJune 6, 2019
5min243
"D-Day proved the strength of democracies and the ability of democracies to produce good soldiers.”
Brendan FarringtonAugust 16, 2017
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Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, the leading Republican candidate for governor, said Tuesday that Americans don’t need to fight about Confederate statues and should instead focus on fighting the country’s 21st-century enemies. Putnam condemned white supremacists and the recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, but said the country should not be fighting over the U.S. Civil […]
Guest AuthorNovember 1, 2016
7min238
To prepare for war with Nazi Germany, the British government considered how to maintain civilian morale should events go badly. Among other things, it printed more than two million posters with the slogan “Keep calm and carry on.” Although they were never issued, copies are available wherever good refrigerator magnets are sold. That slogan is […]
Associated PressOctober 27, 2015
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On the eve of his party’s third debate, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson promised not to curb his penchant for using extreme examples to prove his points, such as equating abortion with slavery and comparing Islamic State fighters to patriots of the American Revolution. “I don’t buy the PC stuf. I just don’t buy it,” […]
Mitch PerryApril 27, 2015
8min147
Ben Carson has become somewhat of a phenomenon amongst the Tea Party Right in the Republican Party, though whether there’s enough room for him in the crowded GOP presidential contest will soon be tested. A 63-year old retired pediatric neurosurgeon who now resides in West Palm Beach, Carson’s super PAC has raised well north of […]