In the mythology of history, 1776 belongs to Philadelphia: declarations, rebellion and the birth of the United States. Yet on the far edge of a continent the revolutionaries hadn’t fully imagined, another founding was quietly unfolding that same year. While Thomas Jefferson drafted ideals of liberty and self-government in the… Continue reading
MEYERSON ON TAP July 3, 2026 (Prospect.org) When public needs were great, he wrote, its claim on the ‘superfluous’ property of the rich was strong and just.When we consider which of the nation’s Founding Fathers still provides wise counsel to us today, 250 years after they wrote and signed the… Continue reading
Paul McAllister and Johnny Desert Jun 28, 2026 San Francisco’s Barbary Coast ran for nearly seventy years on a three-block stretch of Pacific Street — longer than any red-light district in American history. It began in the chaos of the 1849 Gold Rush, when the city’s population exploded from under… Continue reading
For half a century, the evidence surfaced after the winners took office. This election may be the first where the public sees it beforehand… Thom Hartmann Jun 17, 2026 (HartmannReport.com) Share Republicans have gotten away with it four times now, in a big way. Each time it was because Democrats didn’t… Continue reading
