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Presidential Appetites - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael LissGeorge Washington and his wife Martha were committed eaters and generous hosts. A meal was a serious affair: fine China, glassware and cutlery,
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"That people lust for the Presidency, that they reach as hard as they can for it, doesn’t necessarily make them able, or the better choice—even if they take the prize. The responsibilities of the office come at you fast."
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Watching Trump struggle, his constant assurances that everything is much better, remind us Herbert Hoover. "More Dickensian is Hoover’s insistence that the Federal Government should play little or no role in aiding the individual who falls into destitution."
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Things Fall Apart: Herbert Hoover And The Risks Of Certitude - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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December 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Watching Trump struggle, his constant assurances that everything is much better, remind us Herbert Hoover. "More Dickensian is Hoover’s insistence that the Federal Government should play little or no role in aiding the individual who falls into destitution."
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With tomorrow the 84th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, hoping @hcrichardson.bsky.social might add some context to what a great nation does when faced with an existential challenge--and leadership needs to step up.
December 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
With tomorrow the 84th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, hoping @hcrichardson.bsky.social might add some context to what a great nation does when faced with an existential challenge--and leadership needs to step up.
So, he begins to fail, becomes a man apart, so committed to his credo, so dismissive of alternatives, that he appears detached and unfeeling, and finally tone-deaf. All he has left is the authority of his office and his sense of virtue mixed with grievance.
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Things Fall Apart: Herbert Hoover And The Risks Of Certitude - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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December 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
So, he begins to fail, becomes a man apart, so committed to his credo, so dismissive of alternatives, that he appears detached and unfeeling, and finally tone-deaf. All he has left is the authority of his office and his sense of virtue mixed with grievance.
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As the anniversary of the Gettysburg address approaches, the cause of the war remains relevant. Lincoln's election triggered secession, but what options did he have besides either surrendering his Presidency or surrendering the principles that got him elected?
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Lincoln's Trolley Problem: Fort Sumter And Beyond - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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November 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
As the anniversary of the Gettysburg address approaches, the cause of the war remains relevant. Lincoln's election triggered secession, but what options did he have besides either surrendering his Presidency or surrendering the principles that got him elected?
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What can happen when institutions (and people) fail to foresee/adapt/take seriously
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A Less Than Pleasing Prospect: The Great Crash - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
What can happen when institutions (and people) fail to foresee/adapt/take seriously
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"It was crazy. Republicans had some hard-boiled talkers amongst them—shock-jocks like Rush, serious men like Pat Buchanan, but this was the team that usually nominated accomplished, mainstream adults. That fling with Goldwater in 1964 was … a summer thing..." 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
A New Marshal In Town - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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October 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"It was crazy. Republicans had some hard-boiled talkers amongst them—shock-jocks like Rush, serious men like Pat Buchanan, but this was the team that usually nominated accomplished, mainstream adults. That fling with Goldwater in 1964 was … a summer thing..." 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
"Trump I was gaudy and messy, but until January 6th...didn’t seem to be life-altering. Trump II, well, “Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war.”
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Confronting The Golem - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael LissIn 16th century Prague, so the legend goes, the sage Rabbi Judah Loew, Talmudist, philosopher, mystic, mathematician, and astronomer, searching
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September 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"Trump I was gaudy and messy, but until January 6th...didn’t seem to be life-altering. Trump II, well, “Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war.”
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"Trump I was gaudy and messy, but until January 6th (soon to be a major motion picture with a semi-fictional Horst Wessel figure) didn’t seem to be life-altering. Trump II, well, “Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war.”
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Confronting The Golem - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael LissIn 16th century Prague, so the legend goes, the sage Rabbi Judah Loew, Talmudist, philosopher, mystic, mathematician, and astronomer, searching
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September 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"Trump I was gaudy and messy, but until January 6th (soon to be a major motion picture with a semi-fictional Horst Wessel figure) didn’t seem to be life-altering. Trump II, well, “Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war.”
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A few thoughts about certain level of courage. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
The Guts To Do It - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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August 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A few thoughts about certain level of courage. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
"That people lust for the Presidency, that they reach as hard as they can for it, doesn’t necessarily make them able, or the better choice—even if they take the prize. The responsibilities of the office come at you fast."
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Presidential Appetites - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael LissGeorge Washington and his wife Martha were committed eaters and generous hosts. A meal was a serious affair: fine China, glassware and cutlery,
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July 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"That people lust for the Presidency, that they reach as hard as they can for it, doesn’t necessarily make them able, or the better choice—even if they take the prize. The responsibilities of the office come at you fast."
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Thomas Jefferson Would Like A Word With You - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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July 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
One more....John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, President and Vice-President, have reasons to disagree
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John Adams Is Bald and Toothless: A Brief History Of The Alien And Sedition Acts - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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July 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
One more....John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, President and Vice-President, have reasons to disagree
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Thomas Jefferson Would Like A Word With You - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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July 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Thomas Jefferson Would Like A Word With You - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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June 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
Opinion | My Journey Deep in the Heart of Trump Country
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June 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
Order Of The Day: Eisenhower And D-Day - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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June 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
When too much power is welded to too little common sense.
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John Adams Is Bald and Toothless: A Brief History Of The Alien And Sedition Acts - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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May 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
When too much power is welded to too little common sense.
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Keep in mind. Trump isn’t giving all these ICE Agents directions individually. They are choosing to do this. Stealing money. Making girls stand in the rain in their underwear. That’s their choice. Because people who chose to be ICE Agents chose it for pain it causes.
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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
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April 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Keep in mind. Trump isn’t giving all these ICE Agents directions individually. They are choosing to do this. Stealing money. Making girls stand in the rain in their underwear. That’s their choice. Because people who chose to be ICE Agents chose it for pain it causes.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Breaking the Rule That Every Barroom Brawler Knows (Gift Article)
Don’t drop your guard while picking fights around the globe.
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April 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Random contribution to understanding a bit about how the 25th Amendment came to be ratified. No modern politician was hurt in the drafting of this. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
The 25th and the 45th - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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April 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Random contribution to understanding a bit about how the 25th Amendment came to be ratified. No modern politician was hurt in the drafting of this. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
Republicans Speak Trump; Democrats, Esperanto - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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March 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Chief Justice Roberts pushes back against Trump's demand that non-compliant Judge be Impeached. A little history: Justice Samuel Chase, cranky, possibly even a little partisan, but an excellent test-case that "good behavior" doesn't mean "whatever the President says"
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An Intemperate Man: The Impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase - 3 Quarks Daily
by Michael Liss
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March 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Chief Justice Roberts pushes back against Trump's demand that non-compliant Judge be Impeached. A little history: Justice Samuel Chase, cranky, possibly even a little partisan, but an excellent test-case that "good behavior" doesn't mean "whatever the President says"
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