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The gods of democracy are uneasy | Opinion
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe political universe is not orderly. It needs direction. It needs rules. That’s why the gods of necessity invented government. But in doing so they...
Landry: The Declaration
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAs we celebrate this occasion, let us honor the past, remember the struggles, and strive for a future where the “government of the people, by the people,...
GOP Sen. John Kennedy Freaks Out When Reminded He Used To Be A Democrat
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWASHINGTON ― Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Thursday tried to smear one of President Joe Biden’s...
I Read the Embattled Columbia President’s Old Book About What We Owe Each Other. It’s … Not Good.
Slate via Yahoo News· 1 month agoColumbia University president Minouche Shafik is, on paper, a very impressive person. She has been a...
Debidatta Mahapatra: Understanding the moral and ethical foundation of the U.S. Constitution
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhile discussing Constitution Day recently with my students, one thing I encountered consistently...
Want to understand the Enlightenment? Avoid this book
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGiven the chance to do some touring in a time machine, I would head straight for the 17th century....
What states are commonwealths? Here are the 4 in the US, plus other commonwealth territories
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn this handout photo provided by the US Coast Guard, multiple Coast Guard resources escort the USS...
The Radical Freedom of Our Flag Means Death
Time via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhat a long, strange voyage the first season of Our Flag Means Death was. A period comedy that riffs on the biography of Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby), the...
Letters to the editor for Saturday, December 31, 2022
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHonesty no longer required Fifty years ago voters would have ranked honesty as one of the most important traits they look for in a political candidate; today I'm not sure honesty would figure ...
How Christianity Influenced America’s Notions of Equality
Time via Yahoo News· 7 months ago"'All men are created equal' coexisted comfortably with the understanding that not all were meant to...