American Heresy - The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. … They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone — the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by […]
Dangers of Disease in American Revolutionary War - As America celebrates 250 years of independence, here is a look back at the price the Revolutionary War service members paid for freedom. Besides being killed by the enemy, the thing most feared by soldiers during the war was dying from disease — and with good reason. Historians have said that many more died from […]
Suddenly Accountable: For Social Media Giants, the Party May Be Over - There is lore about the 1862 meeting between Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” — the influential novel about slavery — and former President Abraham Lincoln. “So,” President Lincoln is reported to have greeted her, “you’re the woman who wrote the book that made this great war.” History doesn’t indicate whether Lincoln made […]
News From Around the South, 4/6 to 4/13 - Louisiana: Legislators could use their campaign cash for clothing if bill passes Louisiana lawmakers might lift a prohibition on using their campaign and political action committee funding to purchase clothing for themselves. State Rep. Jason DeWitt, R-Tioga, has sponsored House Bill 996 to allow state legislators to spend up to $2,500 per year from their political accounts […]
Killing and Indifference - Is personal freedom a reality or a myth? Does the government execute the will of the governed or the will of those who finance its officials? Does the Bill of Rights restrain the government? Are the levers of government power pulled by those the governed have elected or those we don’t see? Do elections change […]
