In the modern era, it is hard to imagine anything but the two-party Duopoly in the US, at least at the federal level. Despite the fact that 62% of Americans support the idea of a third party in the abstract, third parties do not do well in national elections. Even in 2016, where the Libertarian …
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A Roosevelt Bear Would not Have Had the Staying Power: the Origin of the Teddy Bear
The name of the blog somewhat gives away the teddy bear’s origin itself, but nevertheless, we will proceed! Theodore (often known as Teddy, even though he hated the nickname) Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901-1909. One of Roosevelt’s major accomplishments during his administration was the preservation of countless lands …
A Little About Trustbusting and Its Relation to Amazon’s Purchase of MGM
The Gilded Age in the United States took place in the last few decades of the 19th century, and was a time of vast economic gains for the wealthy at the same time as the working class struggled to capture these gains in wealth as their own. It was an era of rampant political corruption, …
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