America – The Tropolitan

Leftists, Democrats causing chaos

September 3, 2020September 4, 2020 Opinion

Sam Stroud Opinion Editor Over the summer, Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District Rep. Earl Blumenauer gave a speech directed at the President where he chastised Conservatives and the Republican Party at large for fear mongering and insisted there was no need for federal troops to be deployed in Portland where a federal courthouse was attacked repeatedly by rioters. Recently, Democrats have shifted from ignoring the chaos and violence in their cities to blaming their issues and mistakes on Donald Trump. On Monday, Congressional Rep. Adam Schiff stated Trump was “willfully fanning…

Meet the man who put the ‘Pike’ in ‘Pike County’

September 18, 2019 News

Luke Brantley Variety Editor Troy is the county seat of Pike County, Alabama. While this may be common knowledge for many people in this area, what may not be as well-known is for whom Pike County is named. Zebulon Pike was born on January 5, 1779, in a small town in New Jersey. Pike wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and join the military. He got his wish in 1794. Six years later, Pike married Clarissa Harlow Brown. They only had one child who survived to adulthood. They lost…