Geoff Smock – Medium

Geoff Smock
in
Standing Athwart

Ashes to Ashes, Whigs to Whigs

From the ashes of the Whig Party the GOP rose, and to the ashes of the Whig Party might it return?

5 min readFeb 20, 2021

--

Ashes to Ashes, Whigs to Whigs

--

Geoff Smock
in
Standing Athwart

To Convict or Not to Convict? There is no Perfect Answer, But There is an Obvious One

Thomas Sowell reached his 90th birthday last year. An economist and syndicated columnist for decades, he has long been America’s most…

3 min readFeb 13, 2021

--

To Convict or Not to Convict? There is no Perfect Answer, But There is an Obvious One

--

Geoff Smock
in
Standing Athwart

How We Fix The Problem That Caused Trump

I am glad that Donald Trump is gone.

4 min readJan 26, 2021

--

How We Fix The Problem That Caused Trump

--

Geoff Smock
in
Standing Athwart

On The Banks Of The Rubicon

Anger is often the voice that despair expresses itself in. So it was with me as I watched Donald Trump canter his way to the Republican…

4 min readJan 13, 2021

--

On The Banks Of The Rubicon

--

Geoff Smock
in
Standing Athwart

The Student Loan Forgiveness Debate is the New Immigration Amnesty

We don’t yet have a President Biden (we don’t even have a President Trump who can admit that we’ll eventually have a President Biden), but…

5 min readNov 24, 2020

--

The Student Loan Forgiveness Debate is the New Immigration Amnesty

--

Geoff Smock
in
Standing Athwart

The Center Hasn’t Just Held — It Has Reasserted Control

I had my election response piece all written. The conclusion was foregone that Joe Biden would win and win convincingly. With him would…

5 min readNov 12, 2020

--

The Center Hasn’t Just Held — It Has Reasserted Control

--

Geoff Smock
in
Standing Athwart

Republicans Have Gone Mad Staring Into Their Own Mirror Of Erised

He had stumbled upon it quite accidentally, plunging into the room it called home simply to escape the remorseless and unyielding Filch…

4 min readOct 13, 2020

--

Republicans Have Gone Mad Staring Into Their Own Mirror Of Erised

--

Geoff Smock
in
Standing Athwart

Napoleon Is A Villain In History Because George Washington

It was a humiliating end for an erstwhile colossus. At his apogee, he had ruled lands from the eastern borders of present-day Poland, to…

9 min readAug 13, 2020

--

Napoleon Is A Villain In History Because George Washington

--

Geoff Smock
in
Standing Athwart

We Need To Look For Less From Our Presidents

In the spring of 1789 the United States had just ratified the Constitution and elected its first president, George Washington. When both…

5 min readJul 16, 2020

--

We Need To Look For Less From Our Presidents

--

Geoff Smock
in
Standing Athwart

It Is Time To Build Statues, Not Destroy Them

If we were purposefully looking for an action that physically represents this golden age of anti-discourse, we couldn’t have picked a…

3 min readJun 17, 2020

--

It Is Time To Build Statues, Not Destroy Them

--

Geoff Smock

Geoff Smock

Middle School Humanities Teacher. Moonlight History Writer. Conservatarian/Coolidge Republican Cultural & Political Commentator.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams