Every once in a while, there’s a news story about somebody who won millions in a lottery and ended up being miserable as a result. I remember one from a…
Month: November 2009
Lee Atwater and the Republican Party’s “big tent.”
In November of 1989, the first year of George H. W. Bush’s presidency, there were two closely watched gubernatorial elections — one in Virginia, the other in New Jersey. The…
Jefferson’s bloody “Tree of Liberty” quote still fertilizes freedom and fanaticism
One of the signs held by a gun-toting protester against the Democratic health care proposal earlier this year said “IT IS TIME TO WATER THE TREE OF LIBERTY!” This is…