Theduckisback

How much do you think that the closing of the frontier in the 1890s impacted Americans desires for imperialism? There's a lot of historians who posit that the frontier acted as a kind of pressure release valve for social conflict for much of America's early history. When the frontier closed, was that when the idea of overseas empire became more attractive? Or did it begin even before then?

Hi Ethan, just wanted to say that I love what you do and I want to support it as much as possible. My question to you is this. Why is it that the racial aspects of the drug war are so often overlooked by the media? Given the stats that all races use drugs at much the same rate, it doesn't follow that blacks especially are locked up at a much greater rate. Many for possession or distribution charges, gangs are a thing, and likely always will be to an extent, but the power and influence that drug money affords them is what makes them these magnets for inner city youths and perpetuates turf wars which lead to violence. In a recent interview David Simon said that the war on drugs is like a "holocaust in slow motion" to these poor neighborhoods. What can we do to get media to pay attention?