Tag: history

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    Columbus Day Monsters

    Christopher Columbus was notoriously ruthless, and his extreme cruelty was well-documented by contemporaries, including Spanish authorities and a priest who accompanied his expedition. His ruthless actions were directed toward both the indigenous peoples of the Americas and Spanish colonists, leading to his arrest and removal as governor. To meet gold quotas, Columbus instituted a “tribute […]

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    Walking in Hitler’s Shoes on the Path to World War III

    I recently read in the Atlantic that Hitler imposed tariffs on Germany’s major trading partners when he became chancellor, tanking Germany’s economy putting that country further down the path toward World War II. So, when I read this post, I started fact-checking to verify all of Hitler’s footsteps Trump has followed wearing Hitler’s shoes, on […]

  • Lloyd Lofthouse

    How do we say goodbye when we don’t know when it is going to happen?

    That is why I’m writing this early in the morning on November 7, 2024. For going on eight years, the rise of Trump has troubled me.  I’ve read a lot of history through the decades, and I know what might be coming. Donald Trump is like Hitler, Stalin, Putin and so many other human monsters. […]