James Callender
on April 13, 2018
Happy 275th Birthday, Thomas Jefferson!
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Happy Birthday to James Madison! In April 1811, James Madison wrote a memorandum justifying the need for Secretary of State Robert Smith to resign. It included a long list of attacks including accusations that Smith was leaking intelligence to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Putting the Gerry back in Gerrymander
on January 10, 2018
Gerrymandering, the process of redrawing the district lines for political advantage, was first coined in an editorial cartoon criticizing then-governor of Massachusetts and future Vice President, Elbridge Gerry (pronounced “Gary”) for approving a district map with a boundary so bent[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bill of Rights Day
on December 15, 2017
A reminder from one of my favorite Founding Fathers, James Wilson, that in most states, today is the last day to sign up for 2018 healthcare coverage at Healthcare.gov. A right that, despite being the “greatest country in the world,”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We The People – The 28th Amendment
on December 11, 2017
I know we just had one of these last week, but when the Constitution is under attack, James Madison is going to spring into action! (If you live in Alabama, please vote tomorrow)
We The People – Above the Law
on December 5, 2017
Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, John Dowd, had a pretty crazy pre-emptive strike of whatever possible obstruction of justice charges might be coming in the future, citing something in the Constitution that he made up and hoping no one has actually[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Good Guy With a Gun
on November 8, 2017
The Republican Party’s new gun policy these days is throwing up their hands and saying “welp! That’s just the way it goes!” Celebrating the fact that their prophesy of the “good guy with a gun” came true for once, while[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
