Print The Legend

"Cargo"

This is not the typical thing I usually post on Substack, as it’s not a topical or historical piece but a personal one from several years back that…

Sep 21 • 

Eric Krug

July 2025

Eisenhower & the Military-Industrial Complex (Part 2 of 2)

Part 1 talked about how Eisenhower came to coin the phrase. Now Part 2 will get into how it applies to forever wars, conspiracies, JFK, and Trump's…

Jul 27 • 

Eric Krug

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Eisenhower & the Military-Industrial Complex (Part 1 of 2)

Part 1 focuses on Eisenhower and how he came to coin this phrase. Part 2 will get into the uses (and misuses) of the phrase today.

Jul 20 • 

Eric Krug

America Turns 250: Objection XIV

The cabinet debates President Washington mediated between Jefferson & Hamilton in 1792 foreshadowed the next two and half centuries of political…

Jul 7 • 

Eric Krug

May 2025

Reflections on Detroit '43

Some pieces that were left out of the final draft; some echoes of today; and some philosophical final thoughts...

May 31 • 

Eric Krug

Detroit '43 (Part 4 of 4)

A study of the race riot in wartime Detroit that took place in the summer of 1943. This paper was originally written in April of 2018.

May 26 • 

Eric Krug

Detroit '43 (Part 3 of 4)

A study of the race riot in wartime Detroit that took place in the summer of 1943. This paper was originally written in April of 2018.

May 22 • 

Eric Krug

Detroit '43 (Part 2 of 4)

A study of the race riot in wartime Detroit that took place in the summer of 1943. This paper was originally written in April of 2018.

May 18 • 

Eric Krug

Detroit '43 (Part 1 of 4)

A study of the race riot in wartime Detroit that took place in the summer of 1943. This paper was originally written in April of 2018.

May 12 • 

Eric Krug

April 2025

Trump and McKinley & Polk

Trump-45 was enamoured with Andrew Jackson, but Trump-47 has chosen two far lesser-known presidents to lionize. One whose legacy he gets right, and one…

Apr 9 • 

Eric Krug

February 2025

The 2024 Election Diaries (Part 2 of 2)

This next batch of blurbs are my responses to the responses of someone else who was responding to my original thoughts on the 2024 election.

Feb 3 • 

Eric Krug

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January 2025

The 2024 Election Diaries (Part 1 of 2)

About the only writing I have done on the 2024 election has been from email correspondence and random conversations.

Jan 28 • 

Eric Krug

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