California is at the forefront of the plan to grant reparations to blacks for slavery and discrimination. The state's published plan to pay up to $800 billion makes no sense, especially since California entered the Union as a free state.
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April 3, 2023April 3, 2023Columns, Sins of Omission
Ireland’s Forgotten Genocide
Despite much handwringing about British colonial misdeeds in Africa and the Caribbean, the systematic, purposeful extermination of more than a million Irish during the potato famine of the 19th century gets little attention.
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October 1, 2022November 18, 2022Reviews
Defense of the American Vision
Gordon Wood shows how far we have drifted from the Founding Fathers' vision of a polity that would limit arbitrary power in order that the government might serve the people rather than tyrannize them.
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July 28, 2022July 28, 2022Web
A Problem with Creating Politically Correct Holidays
Juneteenth—or June 19—is not a good choice for celebrating the end of slavery.