Minding the GAPE – November 2024
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Minding the GAPE – November 2024

By Kym MacEwan

The fight for Native American voting rights, witches in the Wizard of Oz, “catvertising,” Thanksgiving memories from the 1800s, and much more.

Minding the GAPE – October 2024
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By Kym MacEwan

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High Cost of Living? Blame the President.
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High Cost of Living? Blame the President.

By Dr. David I. Macleod

The federal government’s regulatory involvement in the economy has grown greatly since the 1910s. The incongruities of fiscal politics, though, resembled those of today. A Democratic administration tolerated massive borrowing—to meet wartime needs then and a pandemic emergency recently—while Republicans condemned as inflationary actions they might well have taken themselves (and did during Trump’s administration). Unlike in Wilson’s era, today’s Federal Reserve Board bears much of the responsibility for curbing inflation. Yet politically, the president’s administration still faces most of the criticism when consumer prices have risen sharply. Then and now, the budgetary pressures of competing policy needs and the sheer difficulty of lowering prices virtually guarantee voter discontent.

Understanding Comstock Through Primary Sources
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Understanding Comstock Through Primary Sources

By Kimberly A. Hamlin

In addition to reading and assigning the posts in this blog series, instructors may want to bring a discussion of Anthony Comstock and the Comstock Laws into their classes through primary sources. This piece introduces a few readily accessible and rich options.

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