The entire duration of John Adams’ presidency was complicated by the threat of war with France. No one was sure how things would turn out as the Jacobins battled the old aristocracy and Bonaparte for control. The French were capturing U.S. merchants vessels and behaving as if the U.S. were only a transient entity on [...]
Archive for September, 2006
Why "The Idealist"
September 15th, 2006
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For months, the name and purpose of the blog have been bothering me. The name and stated purpose seemed pretentious. So I decided on something that may more appropriately describe by thoughts and feelings from the outset. It seems the pretentiousness may, however, have only increased by implying that I may know “how things, perhaps, [...]
