History

What Precedent and the Constitution Say About Postponing an Election 0
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- July 31, 2020
If President Donald Trump’s goal was to get people talking about his latest tweet, he again succeeded after floating the idea of delaying the November elections. If this was a serious political trial balloon, however, it’s unlikely to have any success. Congress would have to pass, and the president would have to sign, any act
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Copying Rome’s Last Gasps and Searching for a Way Out 0
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- July 30, 2020
“How do you know if you’re living through the death of an empire?” is the blunt question heading a Mother Jones piece. A friend recently brought this article to my attention, and although written in mid-March 2020 when the COVID-19 virus was still “novel” and seclusion at home rather than rioting in the streets was
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‘Cancel Culture’ Comes Knocking at Planned Parenthood’s Door 0
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- July 27, 2020
Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) was the founder of Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortion services in the U.S. and the political flagship of the pro-choice movement there. She was also a fervent eugenicist – and in the era of Black Lives Matter progressives have eugenics in the cross-hairs. Sanger’s views on “racial hygiene” are beyond
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Shaun King and the ‘White Jesus’ That Undermines Racism 0
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- July 14, 2020
Let it never be said that Shaun King of Black Lives Matter has no influence. On June 22, King called for BLM protesters to desecrate all depictions of a European-looking Jesus, essentially inviting the wholescale vandalism of every Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox parish in the world. Within 24 hours, misguided activists half a world apart obeyed. Black Lives
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How Progressives Use ‘Public Health Crises’ to Get What They Want 0
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- July 13, 2020
After insisting for weeks that leaving one’s home or gathering in groups of any size was “irresponsible” and a “slap in the face” to medical professionals, doctors and nurses completely changed their minds. The prohibitionist view toward gatherings was specifically applied to those who protested the stay-at-home orders. “Shame on you!” was the general attitude
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Our Ignorance of the Past Condemns Us to Perpetual Childhood 0
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- July 8, 2020
Zebulon Vance, governor of North Carolina during the Civil War, attained a pardon from the United States government for siding with the Confederacy and became a Senator. His colleagues in Congress enjoyed the company of this witty, earthy man, and a group of them invited Vance to visit them in New England. At one get-together,
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