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TOS Weekly - America's Wartime Industrial Hero

Henry Kaiser ensured that American industry could produce what was needed to win World War II.

Thomas Walker-Werth

Mar 19, 2025

In today’s TOS Weekly:

Africa Brooke on the Cult of Wokeness
Reviewed: It Ends With Us, directed by Justin Baldoni
Henry Kaiser: Wartime Producer and Industrial Hero
Ibsen’s Kingdom: The Man and His Works
Patrick Henry’s ‘Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!’ Speech

Enjoy!

Thomas Walker-Werth
Managing Editor

Announcements

Africa Brooke on the Cult of Wokeness

Angelica Walker-Werth

Mar 17

At LevelUp Europe, Africa will share personal stories, timeless principles, and practical tools to help you overcome fear of judgment.

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Arts & Culture

It Ends With Us, Directed by Justin Baldoni

Angelica Walker-Werth

Mar 6

It Ends With Us, Directed by Justin Baldoni

Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us, adapted for the big screen last year, has a number of problems. The movie improves on some but not all these issues.

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Henry Kaiser: Wartime Producer and Industrial Hero

Nadav Sternheim

Mar 19

Henry Kaiser: Wartime Producer and Industrial Hero

Thanks to men such as Kaiser and their extraordinary industrial capabilities, the United States was able to outproduce its WWII enemies effectively.

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Arts & Culture

Ibsen’s Kingdom: The Man and His Works by Evert Sprinchorn

May 14, 2021

“Honest indignation is the voice of God,” said the poet William Blake. In the plays of Henrik Ibsen—born March 20, 1828—that voice speaks loudest of all.

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History

Patrick Henry’s ‘Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!’ Speech

March 22, 2018

On March 23, 1775, when the Virginia convention debated whether to send troops to fight in the Revolutionary War, Henry urged them to do so. “Give me liberty, or give me death!” he demanded, shattering the complacent and evasive mood of his fellow delegates.

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