For multiple reasons the Articles of Confederation were inadequate, and Shay’s Rebellion was a catalyst for change. The weakness Shay’s Rebellion revealed was that a successful revolution in one state might spread to other...
During the War of 1812 Britain offered freedom, land, and relocation to slaves who escaped to British lines and took arms against the colonists. Armed by the British, over 4,000 former slaves, the Black...
“There is a Party slogan dealing with the control of the past,” he said. “Repeat it if you please.” “Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” Repeated...
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”, (George Santayana).1 “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it”, (Winston Churchill). “A generation which ignores history has no...
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The Path
My favorite version of the Tao Te Ching chapter 64, stanza three reads: A tree as great as a man's embrace springs from a small shoot; A terrace nine stories high begins with a pile of earth; A journey of a thousand miles starts [with the path] under one's feet.
Moving beyond the current social and political chaos will be a long journey. The Purpose of this blog is to rediscover the principles that inspired the great American experiment with government by and for the people. Society must balance between the needs for change and stability; if either dominate, society is threatened. The goal of this site is to give followers information to judge for themeselves whether those principles are being ignored or manipulated.
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