I was sitting around Tuesday evening, trying to decide how to blog about the elections, without getting political. I know, why blog about politics if you don't want to get political? But the truth is, I don't feel that I have a lot of skin in the game for anything specific in the races -- … Continue reading Down With Democracy! Long Live the Republic!
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Progress Revisited
Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who … Continue reading Progress Revisited
Suffrage is overrated
I'm reading the book "Theodore Roosevelt's History of the United States" by Daniel Ruddy. In the book Ruddy takes direct quotes from the plentiful historical writings of TR to create a general history of the USA. In the section on James Madison I ran across this interesting quote (italics mine): "He did not believe that … Continue reading Suffrage is overrated
At The Rainbow 