Oldest Surviving Ship of U.S. Navy To Go On Display Next Year
In 2026, the US will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. That year, the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History will unveil a new display interpreting the 54-foot 1776 gunboat Philadelphia, built for Benedict...
‘The Message’ and The Interview
On Sept. 30, bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates appeared on the “CBS Mornings” show to promote his book “The Message,” which is a one-sided critique of Israel as an apartheid state. The book compares Israel to the “Jim Crow South”...
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ALABAMA — Montgomery High School Student Starts Petition To Change City Flag The flag, which incorporates Confederate symbols, was selected in 1952 by a committee that included Marie Bankhead Owen, a Lost Cause propagandist. The American Civil War ended in the...
Not All Lies Are Created Equal
It never ends. The press still does not know how to handle the avalanche of lies that is MAGA’s chief contribution to our national life. I understand, sort of. It’s dull and time-consuming to bird-dog every false accusation, wild assertion or factual...
Don’t Nuke the Senate Filibuster
Why is it that the politicians keep referring to America as a “democracy”? How many times have we heard that former President Donald Trump is “threat to democracy”? Well, yes, we are a democracy. We vote in and out of office our politicians....Obiter Dicta
The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. … They sought to protect Read More
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