Tom Richey

In the Gospel of Wealth, Andrew Carnegie claimed that he could allocate money for the betterment of society better than Congress. Congress can’t even figure out how to allocate money for essential government operations. I think Carnegie had a point.

I got to the ATL airport four hours before my flight but spent just 15 minutes in the security line thanks to the @ICEgov agents who stepped up and helped scan IDs. Experienced nothing but courtesy and professionalism from them.

Did you know the Duke of Wellington lived long enough to be photographed? This image, taken in 1844, captures Arthur Wellesley, the hero of Waterloo, in one of the earliest photographs ever taken.

@deanreusser @JstJoan Hmm… This makes me want to take a look at it. I’ll have a look over the holidays and report back.

@JstJoan @TomRichey what a review, wow.

I'm half way through the second episode of Ken Burns' American Revolution. The subtle phrasings (and sometimes not so subtle) in favor of Loyalists, British Officers, and the disproportionate emphasis on Blacks and slavery in the colonies makes them all appear as victims of cruel and barbarous Colonial Americans. Nearly every segment of the show prominently features Blacks who fought each battle, yet they were less than 10% of the New England population in 1776, and fewer than that actually fought. That is not to say slavery was not a prominent issue of the time, but Burns' focus on it is disproportionate to the primary causes of the rebellion which were taxation and unjust laws made without representation of the Colonists in the British legislature. The story of John Malcom who was tarred and feathered in Boston is heavily skewed to make him a victim of the Boston Patriots. Burns claims the punishment was excessive because it was merely the result of John Malcom berating a young boy who accidentally ran into him on a sled, and that the man who objected to him berating the boy was merely a bystander. The shows "historians" go on to eviscerate as vicious, humiliating, and inhumane the Colonists for their torture of tarring and feathering him. However, the truth is that Malcom, a British Customs officer, was an outspoken Loyalist who was already unpopular because of his over zealous enforcement of customs duties and had previously attacked a shoemaker over politics. Burns leaves out that Malcom had in fact whipped the boy with his cane over a perceived insulte by the boy. And, it was the boys own father who intervened who Malcom beat with a cane and opened a two inch gap into his head. So, his torture of being tarred and feathered wasn't simply because of a sled accident or an objection of an innocent bystander. It was all about politics, specifically over zealous British authoritarians and the unfair Townshend Acts. According to Burn, Sam Adam’s was merely a propagandist; George Washington was merely a wealthy, racist, slave-owning landowner who's motivation for independence was wealth and a personal revenge on the Crown for not being made a regular Officer years prior. While at the same time, British General William Howe is, according to Burns, motivated by the dignity to "burnish his reputation as a soldier". Nearly all of the shows leftist Harvard "historians" substitute and over use the word "Democracy" for the actual pleadings of the time, which was "Liberty", in an effort to normalize their current use of the word in today's politics. Once you see the bias against the American Colonists, it's impossible to unsee. Ken Burns is literally rewriting history.

I’m glad the Japanese didn’t have this Yamamoto during WWII!

Man, I suck at Wordle.

Many thanks to @learnwithalbert for hosting my FREE APUSH practice exam on their platform so that APUSH students can take a practice exam in digital format prior to taking their AP exams! albert.io/blog/tom-riche…

Oh! This cursed Oghibli! #apush

Anyone who tells you that AI can accurately score essays using only a rubric is lying to you.

📕🤔☕️ Different style guides offer varying guidance in the capitalization of “black” and “white” in regard to race. Which capitalization format makes the most sense to you in the context of writing historical and educational materials?

One of Stalin’s pipes, depicting him and FDR playing chess.It was given to him in 1945 by the visiting US chess team. (640x246)

@bkelley076 Tie analysis didn’t end up working this time, did it? 😂

Notice that President Trump is wearing a purple tie today (he wore a red tie to his first inauguration). It signals that his second inaugural address is intended to have a unifying tone.

The president’s inaugural address sounded a bit more like a State of the Union address than an inaugural address — much more concerned with communicating policy goals for today than the speech living on for posterity.

“Members of the US Armed Forces who were forced to resign over the 2021 vaccine mandate should be reinstated with full back pay.”

@dlawson78 It’s possible that someone else picked out his tie today! 😂

@TomRichey Umm....

I never thought I’d hear the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 invoked during a president’s inaugural address. Granted, the Alien Enemies Act was the most benign of that legislative package (and is still on the books today), but still… 😂

@aliabotalal @WarmWaterRap @GloTheofficial Some more traditional lecture videos will be coming your way soon!

@TomRichey @WarmWaterRap @GloTheofficial Please stick to history without singing 🙏. 😁

Andrew Jackson is WHIG PARTY FREE (WPF) in @WarmWaterRap’s first offering of 2025 — a music video parody of @GloTheofficial’s breakthrough hit FNF. #APUSH

@joseph_ogg @YouTube This coming from a guy who was in the ORIGINAL Warm Water Records video! youtu.be/HIRTMxxoC4o?si…

Warm Water Records never misses. Putting out MASTERPIECES since 2014! @TomRichey Andrew Jackson Rap - WPF (Whig-Party Free) - GloRilla Parody (Warm Water... youtu.be/lzNwXERBb0k?si… via @YouTube