Grand Old Partisan

Grand Old Partisan  commemorates the first-ever presidential speech broadcast by radio. December 6th 1923, President Calvin Coolidge delivered his first Annual Message to Congress. He packed much wisdom into forty-five minutes: "Since the close of the last Congress the Nation has lost President Harding. The world knew his kindness and his humanity, his greatness and his character." "We can not avoid the inevitable results of the economic disorders which have reached all nations. But we shall diminish their harm to us in proportion as we continue to restore our Government finances to a secure and endurable position. The taxes of the Nation must be reduced now as much as prudence will permit, and expenditures must be reduced accordingly. High taxes reach everywhere and burden everybody. They bear most heavily upon the poor. They diminish industry and commerce. They make agriculture unprofitable. They increase the rates on transportation. They are a char...

Grand Old Partisan spotlights the Washington Monument. A ceremony on December 6th 1884 marked its completion.  Army engineer Thomas Lincoln Casey set in place a nine-inch aluminum cap. It bore the name of President Chester Arthur and other dignitaries. Featured prominently was the Latin phrase Laus Deo [Praise be to God]. Six years before, President Rutherford Hayes had named Casey to the project. His team balanced the foundation, then completed the monument. Engineers who repaired earthquake damage in 2011 praised the work as "brilliant." 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. Here is an ...

Grand Old Partisan reminisces about a great moment in baseball history. September 30th 1988, Ronald Reagan visited Wrigley Field to throw out the ceremonial first pitch for a game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates. He then joined announcer legend Harry Caray to call several innings. Leaving office soon, the President joked about his appearance being a job audition. He fondly recounted having broadcast for the Cubs back in the 1930s. Enjoy the video —>  https://youtu.be/7CFbUfF555M?si=ZT35GNgZCJLwQFjH   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. Here is an  Instagram Video ...

Grand Old Partisan appreciates Republican respect for environmental safeguards. December 5th 1969, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Conservation Act. He called it "the most significant action this Nation has ever taken in an international effort to preserve the world's wildlife." Improving on the GOP’s Protection of Game and Birds Act, this new measure extended protection beyond game animals and wild birds – to amphibians and reptiles and invertebrates and plants. The federal government could ban importation or sale of any species endangered worldwide. Another outcome was the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. 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 .  H...

Grand Old Partisan honors Portus Baxter, born in Vermont, December 4th 1806. His farm gained renown for advanced techniques, and local railroad construction received his financial support. He was delegate for several Whig Party national conventions. Baxter cast an electoral vote for GOP presidential nominee John Fremont. In 1860, he won first of three congressional terms. Receiving his vote were the Transcontinental Railroad, the Homestead Act, the DC Emancipation Act, the Land Grant Colleges Act, the 1866 Civil Rights Act, the 13th and 14th Amendments. During the Civil War, this patriotic Republican tended to wounded soldiers at various battlefields. Exhaustion and pestilence cut short his life. Three sons served in the Union army. 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...

Grand Old Partisan denounces Democrat depravity. December 4th 1915, the Democrat-controlled legislature of Georgia granted a state charter to the Ku Klux Klan. Democrat Governor Nathaniel Harris, who had fought for the Confederacy, signed it into law. Though crushed by the GOP decades earlier, the KKK re-emerged inspired by the movie Birth of a Nation . Page 149 of  Back to Basics for the Republican Party   describes how Democrat President Woodrow Wilson premiered that racist movie in the White House. 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. Here is an  Instagram Video  about this article. ...

Grand Old Partisan appreciate Charles Pillsbury, born in New Hampshire, December 3rd 1842. After graduating from Dartmouth, he managed a merchandising firm in Quebec. Working with grain from Minnesota inspired him to settle at Minneapolis.  This aspiring industrialist bought a bankrupt flour mill and soon made it profitable. Among his innovations was replacing stone grinders with steel rollers. He established a trade association for boosting grain quality and modernized silos for improving storage. The slogan Pillsbury Best became famous worldwide. This "prominent Republican" served two terms in the state senate, chairing the finance committee. His father was elected a Republican Mayor of Minneapolis and his uncle, a Republican Governor of Minnesota. 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 w...

Grand Old Partisan honors Simon Sobeloff, born in Baltimore, December 3rd 1894. Graduating from the University of Maryland Law School, he was assistant city solicitor, then deputy city solicitor. President Herbert Hoover named him U.S. Attorney for Maryland. Positions after that were city solicitor and counsel to the housing commission. Next, a Republican Governor appointed him chief judge of the appellate court. In 1954, Dwight Eisenhower made the talented attorney his Solicitor General. It was Sobeloff who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on implementing the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Two years later, the President appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals. His reputation: "Moderate to the Extreme" 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 futu...