“The Reformation happened because people hadn’t the brains to understand Aquinas.”  Author unknown but mentioned in a 1936 article on G. K. Chesterton. Miss Constitution would say that the cultural,

For those of you who have not seen the 2011 World War I movie “War Horse”, there is a scene near the end of the movie where the frightened horse,

“Societies, even ones that are well governed, prosperous, and highly regarded by most citizens, are fragile human constructs that can fail.” - From a Chicago Field Museum anthropological study

"And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe. And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; and thereby hangs a tale." William Shakespeare Each of

“Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”  Henry David Thoreau There is

“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” Benjamin Franklin As noted last week in Dry Bones, our unique governance system

“Ezekiel cried, "Dem dry bones!" Ezekiel cried, "Dem dry bones!" Ezekiel cried, "Dem dry bones!" "Oh, hear the word of the Lord." The foot bone connected to the leg

“Why shoot the bridegroom after a shotgun wedding?” – unknown, but a comment made when the Supreme Court changed positions on New Deal legislation when Franklin Roosevelt threatened to pack

"We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that

Miss Constitution, along with perhaps a majority of American citizens, are now fully weary of the endless evaluations of American culture and the inane questioning of institute scholars who