The victual and the political collided in early 1909, when minor shifts in the U.S. popular vote set William Howard Taft on a mission to eat the South into alignment. Since before the Civil War, the Republican and Democratic parties had claimed the “solid North” and the “solid South,” respectively, as their territories. Winning in … Continue reading »
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. - Francis Bacon
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