Time for a convention of the people, by the people and for the people
Jefferson often conceded the Declaration of Independence did not state any new ideas but those that had long circulated amongst English and Colonial thinkers.
Jefferson often conceded the Declaration of Independence did not state any new ideas but those that had long circulated amongst English and Colonial thinkers.
“The United States is a nation founded on both an ideal and a lie.” I offer these words of Nikole Hannah-Jones, whose 2019 essay is part of the New York Times Magazine’s “1619 Project,” to the Heritage Foundation and the horde of Republican politicians currently trying to update the look and feel of American racism
“The distractions of the Trump presidency, even including Russian attempts to hack our democracy, have swamped events that may in...
“Ever since the foundation of the American Republic, there has been both praise for and suspicion of the role the...