We're reading a lot about Donald Trump and Andrew Jackson these days. That's good. We should be. I've been among the several folks writing about it. You've seen that in these pages. However, there is an additional story that you now need to know. It's the second story of three that I've determined are critical to understanding the Presidency of Donald Trump. In a way, you'll see it in the … [Read more...]
A Past Slice For Today
June 9, 2016 by
This is a 20 dollar gold piece from, you guessed it, 1854. You were doing one if you had these in your pocket. Let's take a slice from it for our use today, in 2016. In trying to sort through the confusion and strangeness of the 2106 presidential campaign, I've been thinking about an earlier time when the American political party system exploded. That was in 1854, the same year that freshly … [Read more...]
