More Historical ParallelsPosted by Lorren on October 30, 2008
My daughter is learning about the early United States, and today we talked about an event that happened across the ocean at around the time that George Washington was being inaugurated as President… The French Revolution.
I’ve heard several people talk about how the police are gearing up to deal with the possibility of rioting on [...]
What Lies Ahead?Posted by Lorren on October 23, 2008
I just finished reading Amity Schlaes’ book, The Forgotten Man. Although it’s more than a year old, it’s a very hot item at our local library right now. I had to request that the library hold a copy for me, and I couldn’t renew it, because there were other people requesting to read [...]
Obama and Roosevelt: Just Ask Joe the PlumberPosted by Lorren on October 21, 2008
I’ve posted previously that our times share a lot of similarities between those of 1929. But there is another potential way that we might be history repeating itself as well… Obama seems to go after those who question him, just as Franklin Roosevelt did.
“Joe the Plumber,” the guy who had been saving up his money [...]
A Revisit to the Forgotten ManPosted by Lorren on October 17, 2008
Earlier this January, I was reading Amity Shlaes’ book, The Forgotten Man. It’s the story about the Great Depression, and details how government intervention actually made the depression even worse.
Of course, in January, the only people talking about an economic downslide were people concerned about the housing bubble, prophecy nuts who believe that America [...]
