by drkeithcox | Mar 13, 2020 | 11 The Great Depression US, History Matters, Main, Video
President Hoover, Mr. Chief Justice, my friends: This is a day of national consecration. And I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency, I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation...
by drkeithcox | Feb 20, 2020 | History Matters, Main
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty Or Give Me...
by drkeithcox | Feb 14, 2020 | History Matters, Main
From the HBO mini-series John Adams, the final act of declaring independence from Britain. Think about the courage inherent in pledging their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to go up against the world’s superpower. Then imagine how craven we would have to be to not...
by drkeithcox | Jan 29, 2020 | History Matters, Main
‘Thou shalt not be indifferent’: from Auschwitz’s gate of hell, a last, desperate warning They came to bear witness one last time. Exactly 75 years after the Red Army’s liberation of Auschwitz, those who had seen humanity’s descent into...
by drkeithcox | Jan 25, 2020 | History Matters, Media, Primary Sources, Resources, Video
Adam Schiff (D-CA) warns that the President must be removed. 1/24/2020 Transcript (starting at 39:45) Now, soon members of the body will face the most momentous of decisions. Not, as I said at the outset, between guilt or innocence, but a far more foundational issue:...
by drkeithcox | Jan 24, 2020 | History Matters, Main
