How Ken Burns’ Revolutionary War Series Reveals the War Within
Ken Burns’ new PBS series, The American Revolution, reframes the founding war as a brutal, chaotic conflict fought on multiple fronts and driven by impossible odds. From fractured command to unpredictable alliances, the war was less a straight line to freedom and more...
From President to Profit
Donald Trump’s approval numbers continue to crater. Even Republicans have cooled on the president’s performance. But the president shows no sign of noticing, nor is he changing his ways. Even his gaslighting has gone wan. He’s failed to make...
Can the President Tax You?
This week the Supreme Court will begin the process of deciding if the president can impose a sales tax on products and services which originate in foreign countries and are purchased in the United States. The president calls these taxes tariffs. Tariffs are nearly as...
Jailed in America for Free Speech
In the aftermath of the murder of Charlie Kirk, many folks who dared to express views of him and his work outside the mainstream lost their jobs, professional standing and State Department visas as they were fired or otherwise disciplined by employers or bureaucrats...
Book Review: Counting the Cost of Freedom: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation After the Civil War
In the summer of 1857, abolitionist Rev. John Rankin, at a meeting of the National Emancipation Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, advocated for compensated emancipation as the only viable way to end slavery in the United States. “Life was more precious than money, and…...Obiter Dicta
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