This AP article points out that we’ve now been involved in Iraq longer than we were involved in : the Vietnam War (eight years, five months) the Revolutionary War (six years, nine months) and the Civil War (four years) Consider this, then. In the American Revolution, we were overthrowing a monarchy, declaring independence, and bringing Read More
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Thanksgiving Proclamation
This Thanksgiving Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln is the origin of our modern-day holiday orgy of meals, shopping, and football. This was posted at Global Affairs (Thanks, Sarge), and as I read it, I was struck by the tone of the proclamation. Can you imagine the uproar today if a president wrote such piece? And I Read More
Where To Send The Sex Offenders?
“My intent personally is to make it so onerous on those that are convicted of these offenses . . . they will want to move to another state.” Georgia House Majority Leader Jerry Keen (R) who sponsored a new Georgia law that forbids registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school, playground, Read More
Veterans Day
I’m a bit disappointed in my inability to come up with anything special or original to say about the 11th day of the 11th month. I’m always humbled when I consider the sacrifices so many have made to give me what I’ve got today. Our World War II veterans are dying at a rate of Read More