Good morning, it’s Friday, May 14, 2021, the day of the week when I reprise quotations intended to be uplifting or educational. Today’s, as promised, comes from Abraham Lincoln but during the Mexican-American War. Rarely discussed in American politics today, that conflict was a momentous event in the evolution of the two countries.
It cost Mexico the potential wealth of California and most of what we know as the American Southwest, as well as much prestige and self-confidence not to mention the lives of thousands of soldiers and civilians. On the other side of the border, the United States gained vast new lands, a sense of its own power, and a new generation of battle-tested veterans, including two future presidents, Franklin Pierce and Zachary Taylor.
In Kansas governor s race, Schmidt wins support of opponent s past campaign chairman msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Going beyond the polarisation in US politics, director Ben Rekhi aims to bridge the divide among parties and get people talking about issues like race in his latest documentary
Ben Rekhi is no stranger to navigating the murky world of politics and human suffering. His début feature,
Waterborne (2005) starring Shabana Azmi, revolved around a terrorist attack; the 2018 documentary
The Hidden Vote looked at minority communities who voted for Donald Trump in 2016, and his 2019 crime thriller
Watch List (Maria) tells the story of a woman whose husband is killed in an extrajudicial killing under President Rodrigo Duterte’s watch in the Philippines.
As the 2022 governor s race slowly begins to form, national observers have already begun to take a keen interest in Kansas gubernatorial competition.
With last Monday s announcement, former Gov. Jeff Colyer officially became the second major Republican candidate to toss in his hat. Competing for the GOP nomination is state Attorney General Derek Schmidt. Incumbent Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, has said long before she was going to run for re-election.
Multiple organizations analyzing campaigns and elections have recently rated the state s gubernatorial race a toss-up, such as the Cook Political Report, Larry Sabato s Crystal Ball, 270towin, Inside Elections and others. Kansas is one of only a handful of the many governor s races next year to consistently get that distinction.
Eighteen months ahead of the 2022 election, is the Kansas governor race really a toss-up? msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.