‘Grassroots in Nebraska’ Archives
No Pain No Gain Right?
Renovation projects can be quite messy as anyone who owns a home knows. Disheveled room contents, chunks of muck, saw dust and white powder all over the place. Renovation seems a theme for me lately – largely driven by necessity. The Lord knows I need a little [Read More]
A Republic If You Can Keep It
The story goes that Benjamin Franklin was approached by a woman as he left the Constitutional Convention (1, 2). She asked, “What have you given us?” Franklin is said to have replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.” This exchange was common knowledge 50 years or [Read More]
GiN Series Refuting the Flawed July 4th Article on the Founders
We’ve recently posted a series inspired by a Lincoln Journal Star on July 4 entitled “Whose side are the Founding Fathers on?” Part One: “The Founding? Move Along Folks, Nothing to See There. Onward Progress!” Part one points out that the author of the LJS [Read More]
Slave to Revisionism
Editor’s note: This article is the final installment (for now) in a series “inspired” by a July 4 piece in the Lincoln Journal Star (title noted below). Click here for a full list of titles in the series. Whatever the Founders’ reasons, [Read More]
