This week on q and a, mary talks about his book president mckinley, architect of the american century. What was life like back in 1897 through 1901 in the u. S. . While i think the most important thing was that the country was burgeoning. It was expanding and poised to move to radically into the world. America is an expansionist country. We talked about james k. Polk and how he expanded the country on the north american continent. But, what mckinley did was push out into the pacific and atlantic and caribbean the way another president had it. It happened because america was building and industrial base, was building Economic Growth and economic wherewithal, was building a navy. Mckinley had a lot to do with it, but it began before him. It was gaining more and more interest in building the panama canal across central america. When we have ended up with conflict, serious conflict in the caribbean with the spanish empire, which controlled and owned cuba, it was inevitable that we would no
"Racism takes not just a mental toll, not just a societal toll, not just an economic toll on the citizens of America but we have to bear a physical burden, it's an actual weight that we have to carry." The idea of racism being a disease is no longer just a metaphorical concept but instead is now proven by medical science. Michael Harriot explains the research that began in the 1970's that led to this conclusion.
Seven men gathered at McKenzie’s BBQ on Saturday, Sept. 23, to reminisce about the days of their youth. Or at least the days when they could run or catch a