Jan 18, 2015
Slavery, Taxes and the “Three Fifth’s” Rule: A Debate in the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention
I ran across the following discussion while reading the notes from the debate in...
Jan 18, 2015
I ran across the following discussion while reading the notes from the debate in...
Jan 15, 2015
“A constitution, from its nature, deals in generals, not in detail. Its framers cannot...
Dec 29, 2014
There is a big, unspoken taboo topic that as far as I can see...
Dec 26, 2014
Every time I post on Twitter or Facebook my claim that we don’t deserve...
Dec 24, 2014
Favorite Memorable Quotes This week’s favorite quote: Mr. Rufus King in the debate on...
Nov 24, 2014
In America, there is often an unspoken assumption that if a government rests on...
Nov 4, 2014
When my daughter neared sixteen and got her driver’s permit, I had serious fantasies...
Oct 22, 2014
The political left has argued with the right about many subjects over the last...
Oct 9, 2014
Liberty is the concept that, for the last forty years, has been most often...
Sep 9, 2014
I have been thinking a lot lately about the inherent problem of stupidity that...