james garfield

New GOP Priority: Repeal the Pendleton Act

By Erik Loomis

In General

On January 31, 2018

Donald Trump has been playing around with this for some time, but his call last night for Congress to pass a bill allowing Cabinet agencies to fire workers they consider disloyal to the current regime is effectively a call to repeal the Pendleton Civil Service...

General

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 33

By Erik Loomis

On May 29, 2016

This is the tomb of James Garfield:

General

Tomb Raiding

By Erik Loomis

On May 13, 2014

The James Garfield tomb is perhaps my favorite example of Gilded Age hyperbolic self-memorialization. This amazing building mythologizes our 20th president and his incalculable contributions to the nation both through.

Garfield

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 3, 2013

In this day of modern technology, you can follow the Battle of Gettysburg minute by minute 150 years later. You can follow the War of 1812 200 years later. And now you can follow updates on the health of James Garfield, 122 years after he...

LeeEsq Democratic theory requires that the citizens be intelligent enough to choose the mucvh lesser of two evils at times rather than work from their primal greed and vote for the greater evil because my...
The plot to nullify the 14th Amendment · November 27, 2024
LowBrow Oddly enough one of last standing implicit guardrails is -- wait for it -- the Democrats!
The plot to nullify the 14th Amendment · November 27, 2024
Felix D. The past is still here, it's just unevenly distributed.
The plot to nullify the 14th Amendment · November 27, 2024
Mike in DC Trump was offered wall funding in exchange for a path to citizenship for Dreamers. Miller whispered in his ear and Trump declined the deal. The idea you have was likely not possible due to the...
The plot to nullify the 14th Amendment · November 27, 2024
LeeEsq The Republicans would not have agreed to this.
The plot to nullify the 14th Amendment · November 27, 2024