United States – the quick Sliver

3.8.19 Eagles

March 8, 2019 Mike Keeler

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Asa Hunt House Update Part Three On the afternoon of July 4, 1776, right after signing the Declaration, the Continental Congress appointed three men – John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin – to create a design for a national seal. They each had different ideas, but ultimately agreed on…

2.8.19 Federalism

February 8, 2019 Mike Keeler

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From out of the ashes rose the world’s most powerful republic. In 1748, a construction crew digging on the slopes of Mt. Etna in Italy uncovered what appeared to be the ruins of a Roman settlement. They began to excavate, and engineers and historians were called in. What they…

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10.20.16 Meh

October 20, 2016 Mike Keeler

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OK, it’s time to just come right out and say it: when it comes to voting, we suck. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an organization of 35 highly developed democratic nations, the United States ranks 31st in voter turnout among such nations, with about 53%…

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7.4.1776 Daddy of the Founding Fathers

July 1, 2011 Mike Keeler

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When you go to the National Archives and look at the document today, you won’t find his signature on it. But without him, the Declaration of Independence may never have been written at all. Charles Thomson was born in County Londonderry, Ireland, in 1729. When he was ten years old,…

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