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I don’t think about things I don’t think about.Do you ever think about things you do think about? The homeless population in the United States has surpassed 650,000 people.  That’s people…mothers, fathers, children…real people…individuals.  Real, live, breathing human beings.  They are not just some coagulated mass of human refuse; they weren’t dropped off by an […]

FREEDOM OF SPEECHPART ONE The First Amendment to the Constitution reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of

We are not a nation of critical thinkers.  We are not thinkers at all.  Goodness knows, we used to be great thinkers.  Our schools used to graduate very literate students prepared to join the society.  Our news media used to relate events in a cogent, fairly non-partisan manner.  Our politicians used to speak clearly, unambiguously

As with everyone else in this country, I am the descendant of immigrants. In my case, I’m fourth generation Irish and third generation Slovenian. In many other countries, my very existence might not have been possible. Yes, even those we call the Native Americans or First Americans are immigrants. The Amerindians descended from nomadic tribes

After the end of the American Revolution in 1783, the newly independent states formed a government under the Articles of Confederation. Essentially each state was independent, printing their own money, governing their own affairs, and establishing their own laws. The Articles of Confederation were the first constitution of the United States. They created a weak

We too often mistake “democracy” for “democratic”.  We do not live in a “democracy”, rather we live in a “democratic constitutional republic”. We are a Constitutional Republic, not a Democracy.  The ideal of a democracy is universal equality.  The ideal of a constitutional republic is individual liberty.  Democracy always degenerates into dictatorship which always promises equality

And here we go again.  Once more a cry for the elimination of the Electoral College.  I opened my morning newspaper to the Opinion page and was greeted with the headline:          Abandoning the Electoral College to uphold true democracy. The writer, Aron Solomon (not a historian, but entitled to his opinion),