January 2021 – post insurrection I imagine that those reading this understand what the First Amendment of the US Constitution says about speech, and they also understand what that speech that applies to. But to summarize, it protects the public from government restrictions on speech. That is all. It doesn’t force anyone to listen, nor …
Monthly Archives: January 2021
One. More. Time.
One. More. Time. 400,000 Americans have died of Covid-19.And Donald Trump could have helped but didn’t. Look at the tapes. It is all on record. He downplayed the seriousness of this virus when he knew how serious it was.LOOK at the tapes. This was all recorded. He told us it would go away when spring …
A 1926 Klan Murder Seen From 2021
A century ago the Klan was popular in West Michigan. While it seemed to have peaked nationally at the beginning of the decade, it was strongly supported by many in the first half of the 1920s. It was less about hatred of blacks in the region than it was about hatred of immigrants and Catholics, …
Unconditional Surrender
Tomorrow is January 14. It has two anniversaries of note to history that I would like to highlight for Americans today.The first is 1784, which is Ratification Day. It was the day when the Treaty of Paris was signed, officially ending the Revolutionary War. Peace with the other side is possible. Even after a long …
It Was A Coup
It Failed The story of what happened at the US Capitol on January 6 has been told in different ways. Apologists for Trump tells us that it was a peaceful protest and a few bad apples broke into the Capitol and rummaged around a bit. Others acknowledge that it was a protest that got out …