Minimum Wage Folly
California now leads the nation in imposing dumb wage laws. The state just raised the hourly minimum wage for fast food workers to $20. Gov. Gavin Newsom said, “We saw the inequities. … we had a responsibility to do more.” Unions pushed for the...
News From Around the South 5/27 to 6/3
SOUTH CAROLINA: City Attempts to Locate 7 Lost Black Cemeteries CAYCE — A city initiative has uncovered at least seven Black cemeteries with historical significance after year-long search that represented the lead phase of the project. Now, the city in northeastern...
A Furious, Forgotten Slave Narrative Resurfaces After Nearly 170 Years
One day in 1855, a man walked into a newspaper office in Sydney, Australia, with an odd request. The man, later described as a “man of color” with “bright, intelligent eyes” and an American accent, was looking for a copy of the United States Constitution. The text was...
American Caesar and Constitutional Indifference
A recent column in The Economist magazine asking if America is dictator-proof got me to thinking if our constitutional guarantees are secure. Stated differently: Can the custodians of our constitutional norms be trusted to restrain a deliberate attempt to ignore,...Obiter Dicta
In recent days, the government in America has not only failed to protect the freedom of speech, it has attacked Read More
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VIRGINIA: Mobile museum bringing Virginia history across the Commonwealth CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — It is a truck on a mission to teach young students and families about Virginia history. While Read More