Tag Archives: Heather Cox Richardson

Biden And The Train Strike: A Perspective

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Like many I have become a huge fan of Heather Cox Richardson. Her daily email “Letter From An American” offers us a look at what is happening today with a historical perspective that lets us know that things don’t happen … Continue reading →

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Heather Cox Richardson: U.S. Politics “A Tyranny of the Minority”

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Amanpour and Company  –  posted May 27, 2022 (17 minutes) Our gun culture and the mythology of the Cowboy. Listen closely as Historian Heather Cox Richardson fills in the huge gaps in how we got to where we are today. … Continue reading →

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Historian Heather Cox Richardson Interviews President Biden

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Trish Nelson

Watch this amazing interview. You won’t be sorry. 30 minutes.

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Tying Today To Our Real Past

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Dave Bradley

This is one of a series of “chats” Heather Cox Richardson posted on the history of the Republican Party. The full collection is on her facebook website. Each chat is about an hour. I believe there are 16 of them. … Continue reading →

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TV With The Sound Off

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Trish Nelson

Chyron – an electronically generated caption superimposed on a television or movie screen. Although it’s often used generically, it actually comes from the name of the company whose software allows television producers to add those crawling words, phrases, and images … Continue reading →

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Current Administration Trying To Destroy Civil Service

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Dave Bradley

Once again I turn to Heather Cox Richardson for a story and background that has pretty much evaded the mainstream press as they cover the Republican corona virus disaster. Richardson goes behind the scenes of the shocking demotion of Dr. … Continue reading →

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Property Vs. People

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Dave Bradley

An appearance by Heather Cox Richardson on WGBH in Boston before the impeachment: (12 minutes, but very interesting – stay to the end for the predictions of what happens to the Republican Party) Many folks have picked up on the … Continue reading →

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Respected Political Historian Cites Conservative Talk Radio, Fox News As The Downfall Of America’s Enlightenment Values

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Trish Nelson

It’s not just us saying it. Heather Cox Richardson is a respected political historian.  Here is her bio: Heather Cox Richardson is a political historian who uses facts and history to make observations about contemporary American politics. She is the … Continue reading →

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