Regina Samuels | Politic-Ed

15 Intriguing Facts About Herbert Hoover

1Feb

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History

15 Intriguing Facts About Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover served as the 31st President of the United States, serving between 1929 to 1933. This got me thinking, what are some fascinating facts about Herbert Hoover? Today, Hoover is remembered for being one of the worst presidents in history. His inability to act during the onset of the Great Depression saw thousands of people become homeless. Due to this, when Hoover came up for re-election in 1933, he lost in a landslide to Franklin D. Roosevelt, who is known for being one of the best presidents in history. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. First Orphaned President Herbert Hoover was born on August 10 1874 in Iowa. His father, Jesse was a blacksmith and his mother, Hulda was a homemaker. In 1880, at the age of 34, Herbert's ...

21Dec

By Regina SamuelsNo Comments

Analysis

15 Fun Facts About The White House!

The White House is one of the most famous residencies in the world, with it being the official residence of the President of the United States. As such, it has a very intriguing history, with there being some amazing facts about the White House! As the official residence of the President, the White House has seen a lot, from war, to revolution, to party splits, to great presidents, to bad presidents. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Ghostly Resident Horror movies teach us that every haunted house is old, really old. And at almost 250 years old, the White House certainly classifies at old. In most of these horror movies, the haunted house also has a ghost. Naturally, with the White House serving as the residence of every president since J...

30Nov

By Regina Samuels1 Comment

Explainer

What is Anti-Communism? Is it Right?

Anyone who's looked at a history textbook about the twentieth century can tell you one thing: People hated communists. This belief is known as anti-communism, but why did/do people still support it? You'd expect that many of these people would be the elderly- those who remember the threat the USSR and other communist countries posed. And whilst that is true, many young people are also anti-communist too! Albeit not as many! We recently covered the concept of anti-capitalism, which shares many things with anti-communism, mostly that they are extremely polarizing concepts! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); What is Anti-Communism? Although the term "Anti-communism" has existed for a little over 100 years, the concept of it has been around for muc...

What is Social Conservatism? How do They Differ From Other Conservatives?

19Oct

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Explainer

What is Social Conservatism? How do They Differ From Other Conservatives?

In recent years, there has been a rise is so-called social conservatism. The media in particular had picked up on many high profile social conservatives, with many of them creating a lot of controversy. This got me thinking, what exactly is social conservatism? And how exactly does it differ from other types of conservatism? And why do so many people hate them? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); What is Social Conservatism? Social conservatism a variant of conservatism that mostly focuses on the aspects of day-to-day life, mostly from a conservative viewpoint. Most commonly, this is to do with aspects such as social purism and traditional social hierarchy. Whilst many social conservatives may also have conservative views on the economy, socia...

15 Celebrity Conservatives And Republicans

10Aug

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Analysis

15 Celebrity Conservatives And Republicans

When you think of celebrities, you often think of those who are quite liberal. However, there are a few celebrity conservatives who support the Republicans and other conservative parties! For those in Hollywood, many have found themselves "blacklisted", while some have flourished for it. Others have used their conservative views to become celebrities in their own right! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Kelsey Grammer Kelsey Grammer is known for being one of Hollywood's most versatile actors, having acted in countless TV shows, movies and even on Broadway a couple of times! Originally starring in theaters and on Broadway, Grammer soon moved on to acting in TV shows. After a long carrier on TV, Grammer began acting in blockbuster movies. ...

8Jun

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Opinion

Are Conservatives Racist?

With the recent death of George Floyd and President Trump's rebuttal of the subsequent protests has led many to claim that Trump and conservatives in general are racist. So are conservatives racist? As always many of these conservatives have defended themselves, claiming that they are not racist. This has further led them to being called racist. Today we will truly find out whether or not they are racist. Many have even claimed that this will jeopardize President Trump's re-election and that Joe Biden will win a landslide because of it. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); What is Racism? "Racism" is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. Almost everything can be seen as racist in some context or another by one group of people or anot...

18May

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Opinion

13 most famous conservative writers

Since the dawn of time, people have written down their views on politics. Some of these have been conservative writers, other have been liberal writers. There have been thousands of politics writers over the years. Some have been great, but many have been terrible.But who have been the most famous of the conservative writers? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 13. Ann Coulter Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore. Ann Coulter is perhaps the most famous (and vocal) supporter of President Trump. In fact, she was instrumental, through her writing, in getting Trump elected in 2016. Coulter has done this through her conservative books and her syndicated columns. Over the years, her columns have appeared in outlets such as Human Events, WorldNetDaily...

6Apr

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Analysis

The Rise of Neopolitics

At some point in recent times, we've probably heard of the terms "Neoliberalism", "Neoconservatism" and perhaps "Neofascism". These are all a part of the rise of Neopolitics. Neopolitics is a new movement in global politics. Hence the name of the movement- "Neo" meaning new, and "Politics", well... meaning politics I guess! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); What is Neopolitics? Before we can delve into the rise of Neopolitics, we must first know what it is! There is technically no single definition of Neopolitcs, due to the fact that it is split up into hundreds of subsections! Perhaps, there are even thousands of subsections! However, there are four main subsections: neoliberalism, neoconservatism, neofascism and neocommunism. Neoliberalis...