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What is a militia? Not what interpreters of the 2nd Amendment say it is

Oh yeah? Who sez different? Alexander Hamilton, in the Federalist No. 29, “Concerning the Militia,” where he describes in detail what a militia is and must be: The power of regulating the militia, and of commanding its services in times … Continue reading

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A word I am saying out loud…

Treason. I’ve been wondering about it for quite a while, off and on. A few days ago, I dropped the word into a conversation I was having with my brother and our cousin Nancy. I wasn’t affecting sensation. Just wondering … Continue reading

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On reparations

I’m still stewing over how Britain dealt with its anti-slavery act, and reparations: they paid reparations to its slaveowners. Not to the nearly 1 million people the act freed. No, to the mostly wealthy people — aristocrats and church people … Continue reading

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