by Christopher Harris | Nov 16, 2018 | Economics, History, Politics, Racism
As soon as I heard President Obama’s Treasury Secretary, Jacob “Jack” Lew, announce that Harriet Tubman was going to be the new face on the Federal Reserve Note with a reported value of $20, my first thought was, Look…SQUIRREL!! If you saw the 2009 hit animated movie,...
by Christopher Harris | Nov 16, 2018 | Pop Culture, Uncategorized
I find myself increasingly being drawn towards investigating issues where people are attempting to use Government to address and resolve issues that, in my opinion, are things that should fall solely under the purview of the Free Market. Take for example, a 2011...
by Christopher Harris | Nov 16, 2018 | American Exceptionalism, Family, History
About a year or so ago, I saw a TIME Magazine article titled, “Do July 4th Parades Turn Kids into Republicans?”, and it made me stop and think about my own childhood, and how it definitely helped to shape me into the Unhyphenated American I am today. I remember the...
by Christopher Harris | Nov 16, 2018 | American Exceptionalism, History, Human Interest
6, 1860, where Abraham Lincoln, the leader of the “Radical Republican” Party made up primarily of abolitionist, won the Presidency, a secession convention was called by the South Carolina legislature, where the vote was 169-0 to secede from the United States. It’s...
by Christopher Harris | Nov 16, 2018 | American Exceptionalism, Culture, Family
Virtually all of my memories of growing up as a Military (Air Force) Brat in Germany during the 1980’s are fond memories. For me and my childhood buddies, there really wasn’t much else we ever seriously considered doing, other than serving in the military. For us, the...
