The sun has set again on another September 17th. Seemingly just another day in September gone by, one would think. Two hundred twenty-seven years ago on that date, thirty-eight men1The Constitution bears thirty-nine signatures; George Read signed the name of fellow Delaware delegate, John Dickinson, at Dickinson’s request. , representing twelve of the thirteen states, […]
NE Ballots: Deciding How to Vote on Those Four Proposed Amendments
If YOU landed here for the first time, looking for a sample ballot or additional information and opinions regarding items that will appear on your ballot, know that you are decidedly not alone. Traffic statistics for our site are proving, once again, voters want to see sample ballots as early as possible, and they want […]
George Washington: First in War, First in Peace, First in the Hearts of His Countrymen
Editor’s Note: Americans have only relatively recently begun to refer to the third Monday in February as “Presidents’ Day”, including us. It turns out that the holiday has always been and is still officially designated Washington’s Birthday. Click HERE to read more on the subject. George Washington was actually born on February 22, 1732. While […]
Don’t Know Much About History — The Forgotten Presidents
In celebration of Presidents’ Day, here’s a quiz of sorts: If the colonies declared their independence from Britain in 1776, but George Washington did not become President until 1789, who governed the colonies in the interim? Many readers may know that the Articles of Confederation preceded our American Constitution, but the Articles weren’t even ratified […]
What It’s All About: The Constitution – Celebrate & Reflect Today & Always
For the past couple of weeks here at GiN, we’ve been writing in depth about Nebraska politics. It seems providential, not coincidental, that the series is being published around the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Our primary motivation is a desire to see a restoration of first principles and a return to […]
GiN Response to Presidential Popular Vote Advocate
Update on October 19, 2012: This article has been generating a lot of interest in the past few weeks, obviously due to Election 2012. Interest in the Electoral College and the concept of the National Popular Vote are particularly understandable this year, considering that many of the most credible polling experts, including Scott Rasmussen of […]
Charity…Entitlements…Do Names Matter?
This is a sequel to early article “Charity By Any Other Name Does Not Smell As Sweet” What’s in a name? As famously dramatized by Shakespeare… JULIET: ‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor […]
Majorities Don’t Always Know Best
Did you ever seek to persuade your mother to let you do something by telling her that “everyone else is doing it”? Mothers all over the world are prepared for that one! “If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would that make it all right for you to leap off it as well?” Clearly, an […]
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 Recorded by Constitution signer James McHenry in his diary which was reprinted in 1906. Reference.. She asked: “What have you given us?” Franklin is said to have replied: “A republic, if you can keep it.” This exchange […]
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 article attempts to appear unbiased, yet he adopts a very […]
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