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The anti-teacher, anti-lawyer, anti-education, anti-math, anti-civil rights truth behind “Kill all the lawyers”
Mostly an encore post — something we shouldn’t have to repeat, but thoughts that deserve a place in everyone’s mind in an election year. I originally posted this back in 2006. All t… more →
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub
The anti-teacher, anti-lawyer, anti-education, anti-math, anti-civil rights truth behind "Kill all the lawyers"
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wrote 2 months ago: Mostly an encore post — something we shouldn’t have to repeat, but thoughts that deserve … more →
U.S. government propaganda circa 1943: "Don't be a sucker"
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wrote 4 months ago: If only the Republican Party still subscribed to these all-American, egalitarian values . . . A fe … more →
Economic history of the world in 4 minutes, from Hans Rosling at BBC
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wrote 6 months ago: I would have sworn I had posted this earlier. I can’t find it in any search right now. So, he … more →
A turn of the page of history: "When will Arabs awaken?"
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wrote 7 months ago: I just stumbled across this photograph, taken in October 2010, in Sirte, Libya, at the opening of th … more →
Cold War propaganda: "Make Mine Freedom," 1948
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wrote 7 months ago: Designed to promote democracy versus communism, and free enterprise (capitalism) over communism … more →
Strike a blow for freedom and the Constitution: Read a banned book!
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wrote 8 months ago: John Maunu reminded me this week is Banned Books Week. Details from the American Library Associatio … more →
While you're celebrating Labor Day . . .
wrote 9 months ago: Remember that the weekend was a Crazy Liberal Idea™, and that union men and women died for the right … more →
August 13, 1961: The Berlin Wall's 50th anniversary
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wrote 9 months ago: August keeps handing us these dates: How should the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Ber … more →
That flag you flew yesterday -- want to burn it today?
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wrote 11 months ago: Some of the more astute students in our high school classes ask questions about everything. For exa … more →
Kennedy said, in the struggle for freedom, we are all citizens of Berlin (Quote of the moment)
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wrote 11 months ago: 49 years ago, on June 26, 1962, in Berlin: President John F. Kennedy addressing a crowd in Berlin, G … more →
FOIA "request" in Wisconsin could be violation of whistleblower protection law
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wrote 1 year ago: Wisconsinite Jean Detjen sent me a note correcting my misinformation: Wisconsin does indeed have a … more →
Quote of the moment: Robert C. Lieberman, "Why the Rich Are Getting Richer: American Politics and the Second Gilded Age"
wrote 1 year ago: The U.S. economy appears to be coming apart at the seams. Unemployment remains at nearly ten percen … more →
Quote of the moment: Jefferson, public education as the protector of freedom
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wrote 1 year ago: Thomas Jefferson. South Elevation of the Rotunda, begun 1818, completed March 29, 1819. Ink and penc … more →
Red State: You'll hear the banjoes
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wrote 1 year ago: Somebody linked over to Red State. What a creepy site. First, it looks like those old ’50s sc … more →
You have a friend in the Bill of Rights Institute . . .
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wrote 1 year ago: . . . or should have. Click here, "friend" the Bill of Rights Institute Bill of Rights Ins … more →
TARP saved my nation, and all I got was this bitter, cold tea party
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wrote 1 year ago: Remember TARP, the Toxic Asset Relief Program? Oh, that’s right — we hate it. Big hole … more →
Religion-free zone in New York?
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wrote 1 year ago: The Center for Inquiry (CFI) joined in the calls to end plans for any worship center for Islam near … more →
What would George Washington say and do about a mosque in Manhattan? ("To bigotry, no sanction")
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wrote 1 year ago: Double encore post. And look at the date August 17, 1790, found U.S. President George Washington tr … more →
Michael Kinnamon on Cordoba House and mosque at Ground Zero
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wrote 1 year ago: An essay from a thoughtful Christian about the controversy over building a mosque in Manhattan; Kinn … more →
