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Category Archives: American History
TCS: In Their Own Words – Presidents Day 2021
Good Morning! ______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ______________________________ “Speech is power: speech … Continue reading
Posted in American History, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, In Their Own Words - Presidents Day 2021, Presidents' Day, TCS
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My Only Ticket Out – Poems by Mitsuye Yamada
The internment of thousands of Japanese Americans during WWII is a dark stain on United States history. There were people who spoke out against it even at the time, including First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, but the attack on Pearl Harbor … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Poetry, World War II
Tagged Japanese American Internment, Mitsuye Yamada, My Only Ticket Out
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TCS: Morning After Calamity – A Kaleidoscope of Poets of Color
Good Morning! __________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Bigotry, Do Nguyen Mai and Justin Chin, Javier Zamora and Lorna Dee Cervantes, Langston Hughes, TCS: Morning After Calamity - A Kaleidoscope of Poets of Color, Yusef Komunyakaa and Lucille Clifton
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A Poem for Absinthe Day
Absinthe gained quite an unsavory reputation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its high alcohol content (90 proof or higher) combined with its popularity among adherents of bohemianism, especially artists and writers in Paris, led to its condemnation … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Prohibition
Tagged Absinthe, Bohemianism, fin-de-siècle Paris, Marie Corelli, the green fairy, thujone
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Word Cloud: RIFT (Redux – for Black History Month)
by Nona Blyth Cloud We sometimes forget how closely History is following behind us. Just over 50 years ago, it was still illegal for people of different races to marry in 16 U.S. states, mostly in the South. It wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged 1st Louisiana Native Guard, Black History Month, Miscegenation, Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, Racism, Rift
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National distractions: Does draconian democracy deconstruct the administrative state
By ann summers Like Caliguila’s horse, Draco (not the Harry Potter one) ordered death penalties for cabbage theft, but had no cure for a leader who also had the mind of one. The Trump Cabinet continues to surprise us with … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Capitalism, Celebrity, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economics, Government, Government Propaganda, History, information Technology, Internet, Libertarians, Socialism, Society, Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged Media, Politics
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U.S. Religious Freedom Day – Mother Ann Lee and the Shakers in America
The Thomas Jefferson statue at Williamsburg, Virginia 1786 – The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, written by Thomas Jefferson, was signed January 16, 1786, and is commemorated each year on National Religious Freedom Day. Thomas Jefferson’s landmark statute became the basis … Continue reading
Trump gaslights-up fake news
By ann summers Trump’s gaslight will power an entire nation. Trump’s still emitting Bill Shiney objects because having one media empire (Murdoch’s) as his personal press agent, driving memes to its media brethren, is not enough. There should be only … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Celebrity, Free Speech, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Media, News, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, gaslighting, Journalism, Media, Politics
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fascist cosplay in NYC adds a RW mob attacking protesters
By ann summers The investigation of a street fight among RW supporters of Gavin McInnes and counter-demonstrators continues in NYC. Two separate events occurred after a GOP club speech using a plastic samurai sword to commemorate the assassination of a … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Celebrity, Fascism, History, Media, Nazis/Nazism, Political Science, Politics, Racism, Society, Terrorism, Uncategorized
Tagged Fascists, gavin Mcinnes, GOP, Media, Neo-Nazis, New York City, proud boys
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The only thing we have to trump is fear itself
By ann summers Only the blind led the blind in Trump Tower, especially in June 2016. But more interesting is Barbara Res telling stories about her former boss, challenging the notion of the “adults in the room” and their agendas. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, DOJ, FBI, Government, History, Jurisprudence, Justice, Media, Political Science, Politics, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Bob Woodward, Donald Trump, John Dowd, Media, New York Times, Politics, White House
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