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Springfield Race Riot National Monument

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 16, 2024

As Biden transitions out of the presidency, expect a good part of his later legacy to be signing executive orders creating national monuments, which is something that Clinton and Obama also did late in their presidencies. I follow this stuff pretty closely and will be...

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Turn Black Wall Street into a National Monument

By Erik Loomis

On March 14, 2023

There is a grassroots effort out of Tulsa to turn Black Wall Street, the site of one of the worst race riots in American history, into a national monument. For.

Shantanu Saha I don’t think it’s remotely strange, after reading some of the scholarship on the relationship between the elder and younger Tolkien. Much of what ended up in print in his lifetime was ultimately...
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Gator90 Good article. Finally, a distinction between conservatism and MAGA that makes sense. MAGA is against everything good in the world, a category that necessarily includes good art.
That’s entertainment · February 11, 2026
Snakelite They watched just to fuel their grievances and perpetuate their sense of victimhood.
That’s entertainment · February 11, 2026
Gator90 I backslid once. Back to sobriety. It’s getting a little better, thanks.
That’s entertainment · February 11, 2026
Shantanu Saha As a huge history nerd, I can tell you that’s why it sings to me.
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