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  • Our Ignorance of the Past Condemns Us to Perpetual Childhood

    Our Ignorance of the Past Condemns Us to Perpetual Childhood0

    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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  • Supreme Court’s ‘Faithless Electors’ Decision Safeguards Electoral College

    Supreme Court’s ‘Faithless Electors’ Decision Safeguards Electoral College0

    In a decision issued Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that states can punish presidential electors who break their pledge to support the presidential candidate preferred by the citizens of their states.  The ruling affirms the Electoral College as an important part of our constitutional structure – one that balances popular sovereignty with the benefits of

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  • The American Revolution Occurred in the Middle of a Pandemic

    The American Revolution Occurred in the Middle of a Pandemic0

    One of the most marvelous books I’ve read this year is Donald Henderson’s personal story of the eradication of smallpox. The book is Smallpox: The Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer. It’s a brilliant and thrilling adventure story by a man who worked his entire life to make the

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  • No, the French Revolution Was Not a Good Thing

    No, the French Revolution Was Not a Good Thing0

    Is America headed for a French-style revolution along the lines of the one in 1789? Let’s hope not. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said as much in a tweet comparing Democrats to French revolutionaries. It appears the French Revolution has now come to the Democratic Party based on initial primary results from New York and Kentucky.

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  • California Senate Opens Door to Legalized Discrimination

    California Senate Opens Door to Legalized Discrimination0

    On November 5, 1996, Californians headed to the ballot box to weigh in on the California Civil Rights Initiative – aka Proposition 209 – to end government discrimination. The measure, modeled on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, read: “The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group, on the basis of race,

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  • Pelosi Cancels History By Removing Her Predecessors

    Pelosi Cancels History By Removing Her Predecessors0

    On June 18, the portraits of four former Speakers of the House, all connected to the Confederate States of America and the Civil War, were removed from the walls of the Capitol. In the words of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, “There is no room in the hallowed halls of Congress or in any place of

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