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Karl Grubaugh Profile picture
Karl Grubaugh
@kgrubaugh
Retired teacher (AP economics, newspaper/web journalism); freelance journalist; JEA Mentor; ExVangelical; Never Trump. Views mine. Let's try to play nice.
Jan 23, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
An update ... back in December, I shared a thread about how, in 1994, I had students reach out to Watergate participants and ask: What lessons should we learn?

Then last week, I shared again one letter in particular that spoke to what we've been seeing -- from Archibald Cox. Cox, a special prosecutor during Watergate, said this was the key: "...we should be reminded of the corrupt influence of great power, especially when the power is in the hands of someone who is willing to resort to any tactics, however wrong, to retain and increase his power."
Dec 22, 2020 • 33 tweets • 9 min read
A story ...

In 1994, I was teaching U.S. history and American government at Oak Ridge HS in El Dorado Hills, California.

I had three bright students who were my TAs. The 20th anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation was a few months away. I decided to have ... 1/ Image my students -- Sherilyn Peek, Aaron Leahy and Nicole Poimiroo -- take on an extra project. They contacted dozens of people who were in some way involved with the Watergate saga. Politicians, lawyers, political appointees, journalists and others. 2/