Amidst our nation’s hectic capital sits a tranquil and solemn memorial: the Vietnam Wall. At this monument, you can feel how close history is. The open wounds of war are still healing here, even though it’s been 50 years (almost to the day) that the United States signed the Paris Peace Agreement and ended its operations in Vietnam.
The holidays are a time for traditions, and we all have our own decorations and habits that make us unique. Whether you consider decorating your house to make it the most festive in the neighborhood, or you don your best ugly sweater as you host an annual Christmas Eve party for your friends and family, individual traditions make us unique. Yet it is our collective traditions that bind us together.
In 1928, an artist named Walt Disney sat down to draw a cartoon inspired by his pet mouse. Who would have known that for more than a century, his stories, animations, parks and the studio he started would touch the lives of nearly every American?
Steel. Railroads. Sugar. Oil. Tobacco. All these industries were monopolies during an earlier era. In 1890, the first major antitrust legislation was enacted to deal with public outcry over…price fixing. Accusations of companies charging more than a fair price.
