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Mark Hertling

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Robert Barnwell Rhett; Richmond burning in April 1865.

Beware Today’s ‘Fire-Eaters’

There are echoes in our political rhetoric of the men who helped talk the United States into civil war.
by Mark Hertling via The Bulwark on September 22, 2025
Donald Trump, flanked by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others, shows executive order restarting the Presidential Fitness Test

What’s Behind Trump’s New (Old) Physical-Fitness Test?

He misrepresented the history of the gym-class test. I know because I served on the council that helped modernize it.
by Mark Hertling via The Bulwark on August 4, 2025
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