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Some Thoughts on Impeachment

As we have now embarked on a completely unprecedented second impeachment of President Trump there seems to be a lot of questions and confusion.  I thought I might try to answer some of the questions and try to get past the politics and see how it actually works.  Finally, I will try to give a … Continue reading Some Thoughts on Impeachment →

James Finck Historically Speaking Leave a comment January 14, 2021 7 Minutes

2020: A Year of Years

2020 has certainty been a year of years. I do not need to recount the events of this year; we all know them too well. It is just strange to think that it was less than a year ago since we impeached the president, yet it seems more like a decade. As we think back … Continue reading 2020: A Year of Years →

James Finck Historically Speaking Leave a comment January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 3 Minutes

Christmas 2020

As I read over the article I was going to send out today, I realized it was too depressing. Instead of comparing the events of this past year to history, I decided I needed something more uplifting, like Christmas. For many, Christmas is the happiest time of the year. For Christians, it celebrates the birth … Continue reading Christmas 2020 →

James Finck Historically Speaking Leave a comment December 21, 2020 4 Minutes

Presidential Pardons

There comes a time for every president when they must face the inevitable reality that they are out of a job. What do most of these men do with this realization that campaigning is over? They pardon whomever they want without fear of consequences. The best evidence that Trump deep down knows he lost is … Continue reading Presidential Pardons →

James Finck Historically Speaking Leave a comment December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 3 Minutes

Voting Rights

Going to bed on election night it looked as if President Trump might win the election. But as the mail-in votes started being counted the next day, Trump’s lead slipped away in many important swing states. With mail-in voting and early voting occurring because of COVID-19, there have been many discussions about voting rights. Some … Continue reading Voting Rights →

James Finck Historically Speaking Leave a comment November 30, 2020 4 Minutes

Historic Election

"In this historic election." How many times have you heard this over the past two weeks? In truth, there are some historic elements. This election had the greatest number of votes cast in history. Is that historic or population growth? It's also a higher voter percentage than we have seen in some time, but nowhere … Continue reading Historic Election →

James Finck Historically Speaking Leave a comment November 16, 2020 4 Minutes

National Unity

With the election this week, I want to address an issue I have heard from both sides but which has been much more prominent with Joe Biden. Biden claims that if elected he can unite Americans whereas Trump is dividing us. What Biden and all politicians do not understand is that they can only unite … Continue reading National Unity →

James Finck Historically Speaking Leave a comment November 2, 2020 3 Minutes

Supreme Court Nominations

As if 2020 has not been bad enough, with just a few weeks before the presidential election, the beloved Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away. Not only did we lose a judicial icon, but her death caused a vacancy on the high court that is turning into one of the biggest fights of … Continue reading Supreme Court Nominations →

James Finck Historically Speaking 1 Comment October 22, 2020 3 Minutes

Breonna Taylor

The death of Breonna Taylor is tragic. The argument has been made for many of the recent shootings that if the victims had not broken the law or had not resisted arrest they would not have been shot. That issue is for each to decide. However, Taylor was asleep in her home and had done … Continue reading Breonna Taylor →

James Finck Historically Speaking Leave a comment October 5, 2020October 6, 2020 4 Minutes

Historical Boycotts

It is often said that words matter. Historically speaking, this is often seen by using a particular word to connect to the past. The Whig Party chose that name because in the 1830s everyone knew that the Whigs in England were the ones who had opposed the King. By calling themselves the Whigs, they were … Continue reading Historical Boycotts →

James Finck Historically Speaking Leave a comment September 23, 2020 4 Minutes

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