PoorRichardsExcuseBest known for his novels Animal Farm and 1984, George Orwell would seem an unlikely apologist of Adolf Hitler. Though no supporter of the Fuhrer, Orwell acknowledged Hitler’s underlying appeal to the Germans that entices us all: An inherent desire to fight. This impulse to fight finds vent in our own country as evinced by […]
For most of our history, the nomination of a Supreme Court justice summoned a mere passing interest. However, in the past 30 years, political stakes have increased to such an extent that each vacancy on the Court ignites a firestorm. Too much rides on a Supreme Court nomination as the party in power seems more […]
The American C-Note: Benjamin Franklin Like the $100 C-Note that bears his countenance, Benjamin Franklin lived as one hundred men rolled into one. Sometimes called the first American, Mr. Franklin lived as the quintessential Renaissance man: Printer, writer, businessman; scientist, diplomat, humorist and ‘man of affairs’. His historical reputation stands beyond reproach. Indeed, no one […]
More than Marching Needed to End Racism From the movie Unforgiven: “It’s a hell of a thing to kill a man. You take all he’s got, and all he’s ever gonna have.” George Floyd’s death combined with a recent past of all too many similar terrors ignited dry kindling that burst into flames literally and […]
LIVING IN INTERESTING TIMES Chinese curse: May you live during interesting times. The most “interesting” times in America in the 20th century as defined by the number of books written and read include the Great Depression; World Wars I & II; and the 1960’s internal conflict ignited by the civil rights movement and the Vietnam […]