Mike Scruggs
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Global
New Russian Threat against NATO and U.S.
As I write on January 7, 2022, it is Christmas Day in Russia, which observes Christmas according to the…
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Opinion
Lessons from the Civil War
Part 8 of 8 on the Morrill Tariff Protectionist tariffs are a general menace to economic prosperity. Near the beginning…
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The Tariff Road to Secession and War
Part 7 of 8 of a Series on the Morrill Tariff Whig leaders in congress were again able to pass…
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The Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833
Part 6 of 8 of a Series on the Morrill Tariff In 1832, another tariff bill was introduced, supposedly to…
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Lessons from the 1828 “Tariff of Abominations”
Part 5 of 8 of a Series on the Morrill Tariff The passage of the 1828 Tariff resulted in the…
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Henry Clay and His American System
Foreshadows of the Morrill Tariff In 1816, many prominent Southerners and New Englanders felt that they would benefit enough from…
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Part 3 of 8 of a Series on the Morrill Tariff
Forty-year Background of Sectional Tariff Conflicts Abraham Lincoln strongly endorsed the newly passed Morrill Tariff during his inaugural…
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