Laughing at Impeachment, Defending Democracy

Post author By Redactor
Post date December 22, 2019

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This week on the podcast, Paul recaps last week’s big stories, adding requisite humor and wisdom.

This Week in Common Sense, December 16-20, 2019.

A Different Drum
SharingKent Drum and I step to the beat of different …
Santelli’s Stimulus Referendum & Tea Party
SharingCNBC’s Rick Santelli struck one awfully big nerve last week. …
The Other Maine Thing
SharingTuesday’s biggest election news was the victory for Ranked Choice …
Reforms from Ground Zero
“Georgia has become ground zero in the fight over election …
Where Reality Sells
SharingA lot of people, Democratic and Republican, have been saying …

On April 26, 1777, Sibyl Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British. Her ride was over twice as long as Paul Revere’s more famous effort.

On the same day in 1805, United States Marines captured Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O’Bannon, an important event in the First Barbary War.

In April 26, 1865, Union cavalry troopers cornered John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln, in Virginia, shooting him to death. There was no interrogation.