When I met Brian, he really enjoyed the show Game of Thrones. And he wanted to get me to like it. I failed spectacularly. I would ask too many questions. Nothing made any sense. And I did not like the characters that they told me to like. In fact, I compared it to All My Children as we finished …
My Country – Sterilization Laws In 1935, an Oklahoma law provided for sterilization of habitual criminals. A habitual criminal was as a person who was convicted two or more times for crimes “amounting to felonies involving moral turpitude.” Jack T. Skinner, had been convicted once for chicken-stealing and twice for armed robbery. The legislature passed the …
For a month now, I have written this daily blog to help me remember the greatness of this country and the Constitution. Though the writings of Justice Douglas and the myriad of documents online, I remain invigorated by the spirit of America in the face of horrors and authoritarianism. Like the subject of today’s almanac …