Did Woodrow Wilson praise D.W. Griffith's "Birth of A Nation?"
2005年1月9日 · For an excellent scholarly account of Wilson’s entanglement with The Birth of a Nation, see Thomas Cripps, “The Reaction of the Negro to the Motion Picture Birth of a Nation,” The Historian, XXV (May, 1963), pp. 348.-49. I’m curious about the context in which that (alleged) quote is said to have appeared in that New York Post cite. If ...
Why only one Trump? - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope
2024年10月25日 · Not at all the same thing. Also, mostly what he was guilty of was choosing to put his hat in the ring too late to beat Taft for the Republican Nom and then being shot. If he wasn’t shot, he probably would have beat Wilson. Taft, the Republican Nom and sitting President was an afterthought in that election.
Is there any alternate-history fiction about democratic socialism ...
2010年1月24日 · I’ve read Back in the USSA, by Eugene Byrne and Kim Newman, in which Eugene Debs leads a Socialist revolution in America in 1917, and then things go pretty much like they did in the Soviet Union (with Al Capone playing the role of Stalin, and J. Edgar Hoover (head of the Federal Bureay of Ideology) as Beria, and Alaska replacing Siberia as the place of exile …
I found the only person 10 degrees from Kevin Bacon!
2001年6月12日 · Woodrow Wilson - 3 William Taft - NA Teddy Roosevelt - NA William McKinley - 7!!! I can go to sleep!!! ok ok, I know this is a cheap way to do it and doesn’t really count, plus I didn’t think it would work but it did and I don’t care.
United healthcare CEO assassinated, the P&E edition {This is not a …
2024年12月5日 · United healthcare CEO assassinated, the P&E edition {This is not a gun ... ... Loading ...
Explain "retirement" to me - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope
2024年12月3日 · Addressing the Nation's Retirement Crisis: The 80%. Eighty percent of households with older adults—or 47 million—are financially struggling or are at risk of falling into economic insecurity in retirement. Unlike their parents and grandparents, today’s pre-retirees and retirees face a vastly different...
I Got My Security Deposit Back! Why? - Straight Dope
2024年12月6日 · Brief recap- I lived with my parents from birth to 1998 or so. I moved into a nice apartment complex in a good, safe neighborhood and close to reliable public transportation. All was well until I discovered several forms of toxic mold were growing wild through most of my apartment. I had no credit. I needed a place to live. I grabbed the first semi decent looking …
What the hell is happening in Korea? - Straight Dope
2024年12月6日 · What the hell? I’m a pretty well informed person, I read The Economist and the BBC on a daily basis. And while I’m aware that South Korea has some issues, like a real problem with gender equality and a plummeting birth rate, I certainly haven’t been hearing about anything that would remotely warrant martial law.
Any economists or political hobbyists here? A few questions
2024年11月28日 · I came across a video and feel the need to ask: What were the specific actions that US gov did in 1997 (3:10), Sweden in 1997- (3:12), UK & Greece in 1998-9 (3:19), Japan in 2003 (3:48), Germany in 2006 (4:15), Netherlands in 2008 (4:24) and 2023 (6:14), France in 2013 (5:02), US in 2021 (6:00) that caused dramatic changes in the numbers? Were they the …
Five famous folks are coming for dinner, but there is a catch
2024年10月31日 · You are hosting a dinner party. You may invite five celebrity guests, living or dead. Each guest must have been born in the year of your own birth. State your year along with your five choices; a brief explanation of why you chose them is optional. You may not select friends or family members (unless they are famous). It’s nice that your Uncle Chester is a …