Grand Old Partisan

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I honor Paul Revere Williams, born February 18th 1894. Educated at University of Southern California and Los Angeles School of Art and Design, he became the first Black person to head the American Institute of Architects. This maestro designed the homes of many Hollywood celebrities as well as prestigious government facilities and high-visibility commercial buildings. Williams was delegate for the GOP’s 1952 and 1960 national conventions. Impressed by his integrity, a Republican mayor appointed him to the City Planning Commission and a Republican governor named him to the State Redevelopment Agency. He is the only Republican to have been awarded the NAACP’s Springarn Medal for Outstanding Achievement. Back to Basics for the Republican Party  is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the h...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I appreciate Republican respect for the Jewish people. This day of 1981, President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation,  Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust :  "The Congress of the United States established the United States Holocaust Memorial Council to create a living memorial to the victims of the Nazi Holocaust. Its purpose: So mankind will never lose memory of that terrible moment in time when the awful spectre of death camps stained the history of our world. When America and its allies liberated those haunting places of terror and sick destructiveness, the world came to a vivid and tragic understanding of the evil it faced in those years of the Second World War. Each of those names – Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau, Treblinka and so many others – became synonymous with horror. The millions of deaths, the gas chambers, the inhuman crematoria, and the t...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I honor Pedro Perea, born near Albuquerque, April 22nd 1852. Graduating from Saint Louis University, he took up the family ranching and merchandising business. This tireless entrepreneur served three terms in the territorial legislature. His next position was president of a Santa Fe bank. Perea attended the GOP’s 1896 national convention. Two years later, he overcame Democrat racism to win a term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He finished9 his career as insurance commissioner. Republicans remembered him as "an uncompromising Republican, broad minded, careful and earnest in his desire to see New Mexico take her place in the front ranks of the sisterhood of states." Two cousins, Francisco Perea and José Francisco Chaves, also were New Mexico Republican Congressmen. Back to Basics for the Republican Party  is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote ...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I celebrate Republican achievements in criminal justice. April 21st 1899, the Republican Governor of Illinois, John Tanner, signed "An act to regulate the treatment and control of dependent, neglected and delinquent children." Passed by a GOP-controlled legislature, the  Illinois Juvenile Court Act  established our nation's first juvenile court system. Starting in July, separate courts for children under sixteen focused on rehabilitation. Back to Basics for the Republican Party  is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs. For more information, see  www.grandoldpartisan.com .  Here is a  YouTube Video  about this article. Here is a  TikTok Video  about this article. ...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I applaud a classic prophesy of Democrat Doom. April 21st 1934, the  Chicago Tribune  foresaw the future – and our present. Still amazing so many years later is a political cartoon: PLANNED ECONOMY OR PLANNED DESTRUCTION? It depicts the economy under Democrat control. Led by drunk-on-power intellectual elites, government bureaucrats shovel taxpayer resources into wasteful schemes. As an observer notes, their plan of action is: SPEND! SPEND! SPEND! Under the guise of recovery – Bust the government – Blame the capitalists for the failure – Junk the constitution and Declare a dictatorship        Democrats approve this message! Back to Basics for the Republican Party  is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of t...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I appreciate Republican reverence toward "the meaning of religious pluralism, cultural diversity, and participation in American civic culture." April 21st 2006, President George W. Bush proclaimed the first Jewish American Heritage Month: "When the first Jewish settlers came to this land, they sought a place of promise where they could practice their faith in freedom and live in liberty. During Jewish American Heritage Month, we celebrate the rich history of the Jewish people in America and honor the great contributions they have made to our country. "As a nation of immigrants, the United States is better and stronger because Jewish people from all over the world have chosen to become American citizens. Since arriving in 1654, Jewish Americans have achieved great success, strengthened our country, and helped shape our way of...