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The Cascade Locks and Canal improved shipping along the Columbia River. Read this FreightWaves Classics profile of the project and its impact.
On Wednesday, Republican representatives voted to strip Rep. Liz Cheney of her leadership position within the party’s House delegation, a move that represents a significant step by a political party that has precedents in U.S. history. The Onion looks back at the history of U.S. politicians being punished by their own political party.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! In the spirit of the American tradition of the season, today weâre going to explore the stories of two Missouri men whose New Yearâs Resolutions probably once included âGive up crimeâ and âHide from the F.B.I.â This is the sort of thing that used to be very easy to do in Oregon, which is actually the only state (so far as I have been able to learn) to have ever had one of its U.S. Senators serve under an alias which he adopted while running from law enforcement. (That would be John M. Hipple, a.k.a. John H. Mitchell â a cool, amoral Gilded Ag...