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Happy Birthday to James Madison! In April 1811, James Madison wrote a memorandum justifying the need for Secretary of State Robert Smith to resign. It included a long list of attacks including accusations that Smith was leaking intelligence to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jack of Wall Trades
on March 15, 2018
Thomas Jefferson has a long-standing rivalry with “Irish Nobody, James Hoban” (Comic #143).
This history story will be told slightly different than the ones I’ve done in the past. Instead of dedicating a full week to tell the events, The Trial of Andrew Johnson will be told on the specific dates, 150 years[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Smoot-Hawley
on March 7, 2018
Chapter: 2018 - March
Characters: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover
Location: Jefferson Memorial
Today’s comic is loosely adapted from my sheer amusement of watching Secretary of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, explain on national television why the proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum are nothing to worry about by holding up a soup can. Is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
