Re: “New name honors newer hero,” Wednesday Metro & Business photo. These ongoing cultural demotions of Civil War leaders mark the passing of an age — “Gone...
This name change is a poignant moment in American history, and I do have mixed emotions, but the decision to change the name is more defensible than would be the decision to keep it.It feels like a thread of illogical reasoning is popping up yet again.
But just as trickle-down economics is not bringing wealth to the vast majority of people, millions of guns are not bringing safety to anyone. What can explain his attitude of dismissing any sort of gun control while blaming the continuing tragedies on anything or anyone else? I wonder why the Second Amendment of the Constitution is held with such devotion and fealty above even the document created 13 years prior, without which there would be no Constitution. The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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