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October 2025

Americans for Constitutional Action on the Eisenhower Era
The earliest ratings of the conservative group Americans for Constitutional Action (ACA) can tell us how conservatives saw the politics of the…
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Mike Holme
Thomas Kuchel: An Immoderate Moderate
1952 was a great year for the Republican Party: they won the presidency and won control of both chambers of Congress.
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Mike Holme
“All in One Lifetime”: The Story of FDR’s Assistant President, Jimmy Byrnes
The 20th century produced numerous political titans in American history, some well-known, others not so much.
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Mike Holme
Political Change of the 1960s: A Case Study of Two Conservatives
The 1960s were a tumultuous decade, and indeed it was a time that some allege that the “parties switched”.
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Mike Holme
Senator Slade
In the 2024 election, all states showed some movement towards the Republicans, but my state of Washington had one of the lowest and Republicans made no…
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Mike Holme
Hoover’s Court Fights
I have covered Grover Cleveland’s and Richard Nixon’s battles on Supreme Court nominations, but a bit less known is that progressives gave President…
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Mike Holme
Father Charles E. Coughlin: Unsympathetic Victim of Federal Censorship
There have been multiple controversies that have surrounded the highly popular Joe Rogan Experience, and some that had people calling for censorship.
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Irvine Lenroot: He Could Have Been President
Irvine Lenroot, 1912.
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The Strange Career of Mike Gravel
Mike Gravel, 1977
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