HeyJaredSecond Acts
My take on news, sports, little known American history, travel and stories about people doing unusual or cool things as their "second act."
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From Slavery to Freedom. A visit to Greensboro, N.C., where 4 Black students’ sit-in protest triggered a movement (opens the original)
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The desire to know history is a near relative to the desire to know the truth, and that is where, for most of us, a pit lies waiting.Horace GregorySecond Acts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<div class="f
From Slavery to Freedom. Visiting Appomattox, Virginia, where Lee surrendered to Grant (opens the original)
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The desire to know history is a near relative to the desire to know the truth, and that is where, for most of us, a pit lies waiting.Horace GregorySecond Acts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<div class="f
From Slavery to Freedom. A Visit to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello (opens the original)
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The desire to know history is a near relative to the desire to know truth, and that is where, for most of us, a pit lies waiting.Horace GregorySecond Acts is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="button primary" type="submit" va
Fox News’s Jessica Tarlov argues for a living. She wants us to all just get along. (opens the original)
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Jessica Tarlov joined The Five on Fox News in 2022. It is now the most watched show on cable news. Each night at 5 p.m. Eastern, she jousts with her four conservative co-hosts on the biggest political stories of the day. Her liberal perspective often provokes the ire of her colleagues, Fox News viewers and President Trump. This veteran of verbal combat has a new book, I Disagree, https://sites.prh.com/idisagree that comes out September 15th with tips on how to get along have a political argument
Reflecting on the Reflecting Pool: President Trump as Captain Queeg (opens the original)
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He was a cruel, petty and ultimately pathetic person. He was a bully and a coward. He lied fluently though it was impossible to know whether he even knew he was lying when he did so. He may have truly believed his own lies. He was intoxicated and thrilled by the power of his position. He could be cruelly hard on subordinates who had no recourse to protest. He never admitted to making a mistake. He never apologized because there was nothing to apologize for. His word was the law. He failed to see
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