U.S. History
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Fannie and Freddie Are Just Government Agencies. They’re Likely to Stay That Way.
Fannie and Freddie were long quasi-government corporations that typified the corrupt union between the feds and corporate America. But now it looks like both companies are just full-on government corporations.
Governments Are Failing at Their Most Basic Duties—While Promising Free Stuff
Political candidates are offering endless government spending and "free stuff" for everyone. But at the same time, governments appear incapable of performing even basic duties like ending street riots.
The Fed Says It Stabilizes the Economy. I’m Skeptical.
The Fed says it "provides the nation with a safe, flexible and stable monetary and financial system." Can we all breathe easier now?
Experts Said Ending Lockdowns Would Be Worse for the Economy than the Lockdowns Themselves. They Were Wrong.
The experts claimed that if any state ended its stay-at-home orders “prematurely,” its economy would become even more devastated than if it remained locked down. The experts were wrong.
Ratification: The Struggle For Massachusetts
Realizing that most voters in Massachusetts were against the new constitution, the Federalists concocted a variety of dirty tricks to ensure a Federalist victory.
Woodrow Wilson’s “Second Personality”
The term most frequently applied to Woodrow Wilson nowadays is "idealist." The expression "power-hungry" is rarely used. Yet one scholar friendly to Wilson has correctly described him as one who "loved, craved, and in a sense glorified power."
The Electoral College as a Restraint on American Democracy: Its Evolution from Washington to Jackson
The growth of political parties and interest group politics, and the promotion of democracy as a fundamental principle of American government, all came as a result of the move to popular voting for president.
Why America’s Oligarchs Are Moving Left
Wokeness may now be a public relations strategy—a method of appealing to the moral sensibilities of the upper-middle-class woke American consumer.
