Posts Tagged: Uncle Sam

Vintage ad Uncle Sam and Caravan migration

An All American Invasion

  It’s a miracle worthy of a Biblical story. Let us pray. Without even firing a gun, the dangerous invasion of millions from our southern border is no more. Upon learning our elections are over, thus no longer able to

Vintage ad Uncle Sam and Caravan migration

An All American Invasion

  It’s a miracle worthy of a Biblical story. Let us pray. Without even firing a gun, the dangerous invasion of millions from our southern border is no more. Upon learning our elections are over, thus no longer able to

WWI Food Conservation Eat Less Bread

Women and Food Will Win the War – WWI

Food shaming is nothing new Nearly 100 years ago dietary transgressions were darn near treasonable. Not unlike today there was a moralization of food choices but it was based less on nutrition and health than patriotism. A century before the

WWI Food Conservation Eat Less Bread

Women and Food Will Win the War – WWI

Food shaming is nothing new Nearly 100 years ago dietary transgressions were darn near treasonable. Not unlike today there was a moralization of food choices but it was based less on nutrition and health than patriotism. A century before the

collage list of mass shtings in America and Uncle Sam praying

Gun Violence – Prayer is Not Enough

Saying prayers is not enough. Our Congressional leaders need to get up off their knees and do something about gun violence. Offering prayers but failing to act to end gun violence make their prayers ring hollow. We need to take

collage list of mass shtings in America and Uncle Sam praying

Gun Violence – Prayer is Not Enough

Saying prayers is not enough. Our Congressional leaders need to get up off their knees and do something about gun violence. Offering prayers but failing to act to end gun violence make their prayers ring hollow. We need to take

Cold War Defrosted

The increasingly frosty relations between President Obama and Russian President Vladamir Putin sends a big chill down my spine, as childhood memories of the Cold War are quickly defrosted. The cold war world of black and white, us vs them

Cold War Defrosted

The increasingly frosty relations between President Obama and Russian President Vladamir Putin sends a big chill down my spine, as childhood memories of the Cold War are quickly defrosted. The cold war world of black and white, us vs them

vintage illustration soldier army US

America World Peace Keeper

With our all-American can do-optimism, we have a long history of flexing our formidable global muscles, confident that our take charge performance would be gladly received wherever we went. Victorious after WWII America saw itself as the model for the

vintage illustration soldier army US

America World Peace Keeper

With our all-American can do-optimism, we have a long history of flexing our formidable global muscles, confident that our take charge performance would be gladly received wherever we went. Victorious after WWII America saw itself as the model for the

vintage illustration july 4th picnic

July 4th Celebration Cold War Style

Truthfully, I would always remember my first July 4th. It was 1956. The cold war was frozen solid. Never were American dreams more potent or more seductive than in Cold War America when the USA stood united and confident in

vintage illustration july 4th picnic

July 4th Celebration Cold War Style

Truthfully, I would always remember my first July 4th. It was 1956. The cold war was frozen solid. Never were American dreams more potent or more seductive than in Cold War America when the USA stood united and confident in

illustration Uncle Sam 1950s

Picturing the Fiscal Cliff

A Fiscal Cliffhanger Will American taxpayers fall off the Fiscal Cliff? With the new years deadline looming,  and without a deal on the fiscal cliff, most American taxpayers brace for significant changes in their paychecks beginning January 1. Uncle Sam

illustration Uncle Sam 1950s

Picturing the Fiscal Cliff

A Fiscal Cliffhanger Will American taxpayers fall off the Fiscal Cliff? With the new years deadline looming,  and without a deal on the fiscal cliff, most American taxpayers brace for significant changes in their paychecks beginning January 1. Uncle Sam

WWII vintage ad illustration fe,ale beauty

Beauty Bait During Wartime

In the fall of 1944 my mother Betty was a college freshman who had more on her mind than musty old history dates; it was dates of another sort that troubled her. However due to the war, she and the

WWII vintage ad illustration fe,ale beauty

Beauty Bait During Wartime

In the fall of 1944 my mother Betty was a college freshman who had more on her mind than musty old history dates; it was dates of another sort that troubled her. However due to the war, she and the

July 4th Celebration Cold War Style

Truthfully, I would always remember my first July 4th. It was 1956. The cold war was frozen solid. Never were American dreams more potent or more seductive than in Cold War America when the USA stood united and confident in

July 4th Celebration Cold War Style

Truthfully, I would always remember my first July 4th. It was 1956. The cold war was frozen solid. Never were American dreams more potent or more seductive than in Cold War America when the USA stood united and confident in