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Republics fall when they forget the past
3+ week, 4+ day ago (199+ words) A tour of history's great republics, ancient and modern, shows that civic education is the best defence against decay. The Fall of Republics: A History from Ancient Carthage to the American Constitution, Thomas F. Madden, Princeton University Press, £30 ‘The American Framers…...
LETTERS: The Time is Now
1+ week, 5+ day ago (387+ words) recently remarked that he “goes bananas” when members of his own party raise the question of a Border poll. But perhaps the more important question is why an Irish Taoiseach should be so frustrated by discussion of a democratic mechanism…...
Past, pop-corn and the future of freedom
4+ week, 1+ day ago (402+ words) The New Indian Express The day arrives, and we go through the rites of remembrance and renewal The right dress, the right words What do those gestures mean? I write...August 15, a date hard-wired in us to evoke a reflex…...
Outrunning Democracy
2+ week, 5+ day ago (108+ words) richardhanania.com Why the anti-data center movement will lose This post is...They are hiring software engineers at a base salary of $300K-$400K/year, plus substantial bonuses. They...you can apply here. If you apply, make sure to use the links…...
LETTERS FROM READERS - 9-9-26
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (146+ words) The Aitkin Area Food Shelf needs volunteers. The food shelf is open 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. every Wednesday. Volunteers are particularly needed during the winter months. Please call 612-803-1839 for more...contribution to our neighbors in need. I served on the county board with Mark…...
Your Letters, Sept. 9 | Pacific Sun
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (265+ words) Caution” complaining about tourists? Without visitors, the North Bay economy would collapse faster than a tipsy bachelorette climbing out of the fountain in the Plaza. Tourists fill our hotels, restaurants, tasting...rooms, boutiques and parking spaces. Yes, especially the parking…...
Monday musings: September 7
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (301+ words) I'll give various thoughts on various topics. Most of it will be KU related or college athletics related....Missouri will learn a lot about their teams this week. The two squads will be confident coming off the back of some…...
September 2026 Newsletter
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (811+ words) do. We should all receive our voting materials by the 19th of September. We then need to print out our ballots, vote them and get them back to our...measuresMany election offices send you information about the candidates and ballot measures…...
The Declaration Rediscovered
6+ day ago (85+ words) Unlike the other surviving Exeter broadsides, the newly identified copy owes its survival to wartime...Historical Auction, Led by Original 1776 Declaration of Independence Broadside The Cost of Freedom? Right Around $2.4 Million Declaration of Independence Continues to Make History Sotheby’s Celebrates…...
The rarity of freedom -
1+ week, 5+ day ago (230+ words) This well-known rhetorical flourish at the beginning of the Declaration of Independence needs closer consideration. “We hold...unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” it states. “ISIS enshrines a theology of rape,” The New…...