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Martin DyckmanJuly 3, 2014

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. … These eloquent and powerful words were composed by a man who owned 600 slaves during his lifetime. The pitiful […]

Guest AuthorJune 30, 2014

Here are 10 reasons to pry the husband away from the bathroom, the kids away from the World Cup, and read The Declaration of Independence together as a family: It takes three minutes. Tops. That’s a 180-second break from arguing with your daughter about her bikini and how no one really needs to see that […]

Guest AuthorMay 18, 2014

Ralph Waldo Emerson was contemptuous of “foolish consistency,” calling it “the hobgoblin of little minds.” Oh Waldo, if you could see us now! By his eloquent standard, worse than consistent fools, Americans have devolved into intellectual Lilliputians. It wasn’t ever thus. Some of our greatest presidents have been “wisely inconsistent,” sanely changing their minds in […]

Guest AuthorMarch 25, 2014

Recently I read an opinion piece by Teresa Sullivan, President of the University of Virginia, in which she highlighted four kinds of value in higher education. Her writing is relevant, especially with conversation in Washington, D.C. focusing on two benefits of a college education – getting a job upon graduation and how much a graduate […]

Guest AuthorMarch 2, 2014

At first, I thought it was a joke — political satire. But no, it was for real. Some people actually think that way. It seems that a Maryland middle school was holding a dance and pizza party complete with a DJ for students who earned straight A’s. Students who got B’s and C’s were invited […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 11, 2014

Recently I had the chance to play tourist in our national Capitol. Nothing quite gets my thoughts flowing as much as walking in the places where so many great leaders have trod. Years ago I was in a small breakfast meeting in then Republican Leader Bob Dole’s office. He pointed to where my chair was […]

Tag: Thomas Jefferson

Martin Dyckman: Thomas Jefferson rationalized his slaveholding with racist nonsense

Catherine Durkin Robinson: 10 reasons to read the Declaration of Independence

Stephen Goldstein: Charlie Crist on Cuba: Facing facts, not flip-flopping

Ed Moore: Placing value on higher education

John Grant: Pizza for all?

Ed Moore: Florida icons – remembering how we got here