I would update my Trumpcare page but I have no idea what is in the bill anymore. Will the taxes end? Who knows? Will my Grandmother still have a place to live through Medicaid? Who knows? Got to love a government that has no interest in transparency or the well-being of any people. Luckily, they …
My Country – The Virtue of Free Speech On another horrific day where someone shoots people they disagree with, we need to continue to value freedom of speech. A man with a questionable past got a gun and decided to shoot people he disagreed with. Nothing in those actions or that opinion derives itself from …
My Country – The Direct Primary On May 23, 1903, Wisconsin proposed a direct primary law, which voters approved in 1904. Other states had made attempts to regulate primaries but Wisconsin became the first on a state-wide level. Robert La Follette led the fight in Wisconsin. He began to fight against the political machine in …
My Country – Thaddeus Stevens and the Pauper School Laws On April 10, 1835, Thaddeus Stevens, then a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, spoke against the pauper school laws. Pauper School Laws Pauper school began in England. If indigent parents declared themselves paupers, their children could go to a specified school for a free education. …