If there was anyone who knew the rewards of slavery, it was George Washington.Over a period of about 50 years, the nation’s first president enslaved about 577 Black Americans, starting when he was 11 years old.One of them was a Black man named Morris who was skilled in carpentry and became an ...
America is the land of plenty, but to many, it’s become a world of envy and anger. Nowadays, malcontents seem to feel more entitled to act out in anti-social ways.Their loss of self-control is most troubling in an airplane, where many humans are trapped in an aluminum tube. The result has ...
Many Americans who invoke free speech, often in favor or against a political position, have little idea of what free speech actually entails. This commentary will examine how the idea of free speech has evolved through a series of groundbreaking court opinions. It will also consider how free ...
There’s an approach to political questions that the conservative in me rebels against. Let’s call it the “You can’t have too much of a good thing” fallacy.Virtually every popular idea in American life has cheerleaders for this fallacy. You’ve surely heard someone say something like: ...
Transparency in government is key to accountability. Information maintained by our government is a public asset.Our county officials love to talk about transparent government, but try to get any information from the county and see how transparent our government is. The information is ours. Why ...
Fifteen years ago, a local physician approached me and asked if I’d hire his best friend as a researcher. Even though his physician friend had trained at the Sorbonne in Paris and had been a practicing surgeon for over 20 years in his native country, he could not practice in the United States ...
