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American Heresy

American Heresy

The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. ... They sought to protect...

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Dangers of Disease in American Revolutionary War

Dangers of Disease in American Revolutionary War

As America celebrates 250 years of independence, here is a look back at the price the Revolutionary War service members paid for freedom. Besides being killed by the enemy, the thing most feared by soldiers during the war was dying from disease — and with good reason. Historians have said that many more died from disease than from combat. In November 1775, soldiers, led by Continental Army Col....

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American Heresy

The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. ... They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be...

Dangers of Disease in American Revolutionary War

As America celebrates 250 years of independence, here is a look back at the price the Revolutionary War service members paid for freedom. Besides being killed by the enemy, the thing most feared by soldiers during the war was dying from disease — and with good reason....

Suddenly Accountable: For Social Media Giants, the Party May Be Over

There is lore about the 1862 meeting between Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," — the influential novel about slavery — and former President Abraham Lincoln. "So," President Lincoln is reported to have greeted her, "you're the woman who wrote the...

News From Around the South, 4/6 to 4/13

Louisiana: Legislators could use their campaign cash for clothing if bill passes Louisiana lawmakers might lift a prohibition on using their campaign and political action committee funding to purchase clothing for themselves. State Rep. Jason DeWitt, R-Tioga, has...

Killing and Indifference

Is personal freedom a reality or a myth? Does the government execute the will of the governed or the will of those who finance its officials? Does the Bill of Rights restrain the government? Are the levers of government power pulled by those the governed have elected...

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