The Blog of Jeffrey Evan Brooks

In the early 1940s, when the forces of fascism in Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan threatened to take over the world, the American people rol...

There is nothing more central to the idea of America than the family farm. The image of a red barn and small farmhouse set amidst vast field...

A few days ago, I cast my vote in the local municipal election for Hutto, Texas, the town I now call home. Five things were on the ballot - ...

In March, as part of the mammoth John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, the legislation to create an Adams Memor...

It has been a roughly couple of days in America. In Kentucky, a suspected white supremacist attempted to attack a predominately black church...

Happy Independence Day, folks! It is July 4. Two hundred and forty-two years ago today, a group of brave and determined men voted to appro...

As a child, I felt that Toys 'R' Us was only a few steps away from heaven. The massive toy store, with every conceivable kind of toy...