The holidays are a time for traditions, and we all have our own decorations and habits that make us unique. Whether you consider decorating your house to make it the most festive in the neighborhood, or you don your best ugly sweater as you host an annual Christmas Eve party for your friends and family, individual traditions make us unique. Yet it is our collective traditions that bind us together.
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. It’s true in physics, and it’s true in history. And for almost a century, this rule applied to two superpowers, acting and reacting to each other in a careful diplomatic and military dance.
In 1928, an artist named Walt Disney sat down to draw a cartoon inspired by his pet mouse. Who would have known that for more than a century, his stories, animations, parks and the studio he started would touch the lives of nearly every American?
Steel. Railroads. Sugar. Oil. Tobacco. All these industries were monopolies during an earlier era. In 1890, the first major antitrust legislation was enacted to deal with public outcry over…price fixing. Accusations of companies charging more than a fair price.
