Bullets for Ballots: 1860 (3 of 3)
Until the election of 1860, the truths proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence had been the ground of American civic friendship, above all the central truth that all men are created equal. Fidel...
1 Nov 20227min
Ballots for Bullets: 1800 (2 of 3)
The election of 1800 in America came after a decade of bitter and extreme party strife. Each side accused the other of aiming to overthrow the Constitution and preparing the way for tyranny. There was...
25 Okt 20227min
Bullets and Ballots: 1776
Americans are being reminded how fragile and precious an achievement it is to establish the legitimate authority of government through peaceful and free elections. But there would be no ballots withou...
18 Okt 20226min
Thank God for being an American
P.G. Wodehouse was one of the best writers in the English language in the 20th century and the funniest. He wrote nearly 100 delightful books, each one of which in perfectly orchestrated sentences, ca...
11 Okt 20226min
Charlie Brown
There is more of Charlie Brown in most of us than there is Abraham Lincoln or Michael Jordan. We identify with his failures and suffer with him. But it isn't just his failures. Charlie Brown is resili...
4 Okt 20228min
"Make Cakes!"
During peak hours, in the 300 block of Brand Boulevard in the city of Glendale, in what is called "Metropolitan Los Angeles," you might see a line of eager people making their way into Porto's Bakery ...
27 Sep 20227min
Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver
The Declaration's great American proclamation that "all men are created equal" and the first three words of the Constitution—"We the People"—are profoundly connected. The relation between these two id...
20 Sep 20226min
We the People
September 17 is Constitution Day in America because on that day in 1787, after 4 months of deliberations, the delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Independence Hall in Philadelphia proposed t...
13 Sep 20226min
