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Fool Them Twice

January 15, 2011

One of my great grandfathers was the last surviving veteran of the Civil War from Tennessee. William Nelson Morgan was known to everyone as Uncle Bill. He survived 2 days beyond his 105th birthday. I was 9 years old at the time. The lieutenant governor came to his funeral. Others waved what they thought was [...]

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Supreme Stupidity

January 25, 2010

Despite what some may think, I was not around for the Dred Scott decision. That aside, I had comforted myself that the Supremes could not make a worse ruling than the one that gave us Bush the lesser. I was wrong, horribly so. We are now the only developed country in the world that allows [...]

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