https://www.juliaschroers.com/writing daily 0.75 2025-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/ca188c95-4c2a-4aa6-968c-4f56d8215e9a/unsplash-image-raU50Q_AcS0.webp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/655b6a70-8650-424f-905b-250ffaf01c22/Screen+Shot+2025-11-06+at+11.28.28+AM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/1618915524162-5UH2VSFRBA5F1B9QE5P7/Watergate_Julia.png Writing - The Era of American Numbness Published in the Yale Herald, by Julia Schroers April 18, 2021 Watergate, once America’s most scandalous political affair, has got nothing on 2020. In fact, America’s pain tolerance for corruption has increased exponentially since Nixon’s resignation. The past few years have made us immune to words and phrases like “impeachment,” “abuse of power,” and “deception” as they cycle through every headline non-stop. But up until this point, Watergate was the scandal of all scandals, which set America on the path to conspiracy and coup d’etat. Even so, the landmark prosecution and resignation of President Nixon has faded into the history books for anyone who’s just trying to get through the front page of The New York Times every morning. What happened at the Watergate Hotel? What led President Nixon to resign? And what set the stage for the massive cover-up, and all the similarly massive cover-ups since? https://www.juliaschroers.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-04-03 https://www.juliaschroers.com/art daily 1.0 2024-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/b9e6bcf8-6b31-43c6-8ec4-8560670c6c00/JS_002.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/bdbd1f7d-1687-4dbb-8f46-8471215aed2e/JS_014.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/b93e0568-7703-4ed5-961c-5f15900a8917/JS_003.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/9e87f476-dc46-482b-8979-8356bf9728ca/JS_013.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/26ad963f-5a79-4267-b736-df1eca1f900e/JS_007.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/e80b0d78-df0e-40ea-aaaf-c569a6706004/JS_008.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/f429cc63-e106-4f57-b5ad-9219815acf39/JS_009.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/3f9f3809-fdf8-4ff8-9776-6c47ac5a342b/JS_010.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/8781d5ac-20e3-4531-a484-d5fdc94952f8/JS_001.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/f5f81e70-ac2b-49bf-b38c-f7254608939a/JS_004.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/6051121c-1206-4dba-949f-9d5752d0bcfb/JS_005.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/b101514d-d0b3-4ce9-a951-e2ab4e08fe88/JS_006.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/9304eabf-3740-48e3-8de1-0675d534fdd9/JS_011.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/c89691b1-e6e2-4bb3-b86f-d45c94a7bde8/JS_012.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/c3555347-43ff-4e4c-b808-073a0f4faffc/JS_019.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8d03b088e08b03b903c13f/f4700ece-834b-4f22-85e0-0f50be8d8deb/JS_20.jpg Art https://www.juliaschroers.com/julia-schroers daily 0.75 2025-11-06