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Let’s see if we can unpack some of what Franklin wrote those many years ago. I confess that I do not entirely approve this Constitution at present; but sir, I am not sure I shall never approve it: For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller…
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George Will was part of Ken Burns excellent series on Baseball. In there, at one point, Will compared our “American Democracy” to baseball. Now, realize that the Founders as a rule detested the notion of our government being a Democracy (as do I and I will explain this in more detail at another point). However,…
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In 1886, Theodore Roosevelt was living in North Dakota. He had headed west to deal with the trauma and psychological beating of losing both his wife and mother on the same day, February 14, 1884. While there, he became a solid citizen that many believed had a future in government. Before the deaths, TR would…