Dr. Bruce Smith
Dr. Bruce Smith ([url="https://inkwellhearthandplow.blogspot.com/"]Inkwell, Hearth and Plow[/url]) is a retired professor of history and a lifelong observer of politics and world events. He holds degrees from Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame. In addition to writing, he works as a caretaker and handyman. His non-fiction book The War Comes to Plum Street, about daily life in the 1930s and during World War II, may be ordered from [url="http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=93188"]Indiana University Press[/url].
Most Recent Articles by Dr. Bruce Smith:
Take Action on the National Pie Shortage
February 20, 2022
#6 I Wonder What the Poor Folks Are Having Tonight?
Understanding The Advantages Of Prepaid Energy Versus Energy On Credit
February 13, 2022
I wonder what the poor folks are having tonight? Episode #5: Prepaid v. Credit Energy
Dishwashers
February 6, 2022
I wonder What the Poor Folks are Having Tonight? Episode 4
When the going gets tough, the well-prepared can keep going!
January 30, 2022
I Wonder What the Poor Folks Are Having Tonight? Maintaining a supply of water for Crapper’s miracle in the aftermath of a storm makes perfect sense every day of the year.
I Wonder What the Poor Folks Are Having Tonight?: Other Sources of fruit, nuts, and edibles are citrus trees, persimmons, grapes, asparagus, gooseberries, currants, hickory nuts, pecans, pawpaws, blackberries, blueberries, black raspberries
I Wonder What the Poor Folks are Having Tonight?
January 22, 2022
We have grown distant from our food sources. The percentage of the population engaged in farming has dwindled while producing ever more abundance. We have grown too dependent on others to make our diets almost effortless
The Lessons of Progressivism For Our Times
December 23, 2021
No longer can there be any thinking person who accepts the idea that objective experts or scientists have any claim to our obedience, our votes, or our country. We can make up our own minds, thank you very much.
Sex, Gender, and Delusion
February 13, 2020
In the future, can we agree that to decide which team an individual can play for, all we need is a cheek swab, not a gender dictionary?
Fundamental Transformation of Politics In These Dark Days
December 23, 2019
Payback on this one is going to be brutal. Payback is always brutal in wartime
The Fight Of Our Lives in These Memorable Times
November 9, 2019
Savor these moments and days, fellow patriots. Help this champion of our freedoms and our way of life at every opportunity
Neglected Lessons of a Forgotten Anniversary
September 2, 2019
A suicidal enemy must understand that attacking the West when there is weak leadership is one thing, but attacking the West when leadership is clear-thinking and savvy about the lessons of history is quite another. When faced with a suicidal enemy in
I can see clearly now
June 9, 2019
Socialists distrust freedom. Socialists want to use the power of government to impose their will on the rest of us
No, Really. It’s a Depression
April 15, 2016
Remove the burden of government • Restore the Constitution, rule of law • Limit the power of the Federal Reserve, regulatory agencies • Stop redistributing wealth
Only a Scalia II Can Save SCOTUS, and the Country
February 19, 2016
A Time for Choosing--Did you hear the call?