July 2017 – the quick Sliver

7.28.17 Good Old Boys

July 28, 2017 Mike Keeler

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Congress is good. Congress is old. Congress is full of boys. May 22, 1856: Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina leaves his House office, carrying a metal-topped cane. He enters the Senate chamber and approaches Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, who is bundling up his daily papers, including copies of an…

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7.21.17 Good Boy

July 21, 2017 Mike Keeler

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This one is about man’s best friend. Who, as it turns out, is also man’s oldest friend. No one knows for sure when civilization first started. Scientists guess that the domestication of plants and animals first happened in the fertile crescent of the Middle East. We can say with some…

7.12.13 Car-Coal

July 14, 2017 Mike Keeler

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Ah, summertime in America. Time to hop in the car, go out to the park, and fire up the barbeque grill. It’s been this way for about 100 years. In the 1920’s, Henry Ford changed the face of industry with the assembly line. By automating the manufacturing process, he was…

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