Archive - The Riel World

That 2:47 a.m. Presidential Oath of Office Ceremony

Travel photos to ponder at Calvin Coolidge's Vermont homestead

Jul 7 •

June 2025

Spinning Prayer Wheels in the Himalayas

A prayer lesson from a Buddhist monk

Jun 29 •

The Hunger for Civil Dialogue in America

Can we listen and talk without shouting and vilifying?

Jun 22 •

Nativism's Comeback, Donald Trump, and American Politics in 2025

Part Three in a series. The return of nativism and its link to politics and authoritarianism today.

Jun 13 •

Burning crosses and anti-Catholicism on the 1928 campaign trail

Part Two in a series on nativism in American politics in the 1920s and 2020s

Jun 8 •

A "Klanbake" at the 1924 Democratic National Convention

Part One in a series on nativism in American politics in the 1920s and 2020s

Jun 4 •

May 2025

April 2025

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