The Blog of Jeffrey Evan Brooks
An Ordinary History Teacher With Something To Say
Sunday, October 28, 2018
The Moral Authority Crisis of the American Presidency
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It has been a roughly couple of days in America. In Kentucky, a suspected white supremacist attempted to attack a predominately black church...
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Wednesday, July 4, 2018
What I Love About America: 2018
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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...
Monday, April 2, 2018
Toys 'R' Us and the Gracchi Brothers
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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...
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Thursday, March 15, 2018
The Warnings of Cyrus the Great and Cato the Elder
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When Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian Empire and one of the great conquerors of world history, was at the height of his power, a grou...
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Pizza and the Fate of the Republic
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I moved into the home I currently occupy in Manor, Texas, right after my wife and I returned from our honeymoon. It's in a small place, ...
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Sunday, September 3, 2017
The Presidency and the Nuclear Genies of Death
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On July 27, according to this article in the Associated Press , Admiral Scott Swift, the current commander of the United States Pacific Flee...
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Samuel Adams, Martha Washington, and the Philadelphia Ball
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The American Revolution was an event that called forth great sacrifice from the American people. Thousands of men left their chosen professi...
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