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‘Separation of church and state’ metaphor rooted in early American fears of government involvementRoger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, was the first public official to… Read More »“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”

…Democracy stood in the sense that its norms were honored today as they were not four years ago, which is no small thing. But it… Read More »January 6

In 2015, Dylann Roof murdered nine Black congregants at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Charleston, South Carolina. Roof has never expressed remorse for… Read More »The Danger of Miseducation

Southern states had a long tradition of using states’ rights doctrine since the late eighteenth century to support slavery.[16] A major Southern argument in the… Read More »“States’ Rights” Really Means…

Political strongmen often have a fatal flaw. They create an environment of competition and dominance, but kill off any threat or potential competitors. They see… Read More »The Problem with “Strongmen”

President Carter said, “When I was in the White House, I thought of human rights primarily in terms of political rights, such as rights to… Read More »Jimmy Carter 1924-2024

Kaizen (Japanese: 改善, “improvement”) is a concept referring to business activities that continuously improve all functions and involve all employees from the CEO to the… Read More »Kaizen

Mr. Vice President, and Mr. Speaker, and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives:YESTERDAY, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy… Read More »December 7, 1941

to fascism, oligarchy, or dictatorship. We must all be equal under the law or it means Nothing. …”Liberal democracy was the product of a moment… Read More »I Do Not Consent

The Pilgrims and the Wampanoags did indeed share a harvest celebration together at Plymouth in fall 1621, but that moment got forgotten almost immediately, overwritten… Read More »A Harvest Celebration at Plymouth in the Fall of 1621