After "Kaiser Bill's" U-boat sank the Lusitania, Woodrow Wilson still pursued appeasement tactics. National outrage compelled him to declare war on Germany. Warren G. Harding's patronage appointments embroiled him in the Teapot Dome scandal and his death from food poisoning under unclear circumstances. Herbert Hoover vetoed bills to provide employment during the Great Depression, also efforts to fund public works. ...more

May 2, 2008

America has clearly undergone a cultural identity change since World War ll. It continues. Having lived through that period, I now realize it was amazing that such an ethnically diverse and geographically separated population pulled together for a common purpose. If you didn't experience those determined years of a "melting pot" going to war, these printed words won't help you understand those times. ...more

November 20, 2007