Why Shoot the Bridegroom?
“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 the Supreme Court in the 1930s. Last week in Miss Constitution’s column, The Heart and The Hammer, she advised that
The Heart and The Hammer
"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 we were right." – George Orwell Last week in Bud Light and the American Brand, Miss Constitution took the above
Bud Light and the American Brand
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 detail their opinions of the nation’s demise without any tangible answers. “Wake up” is the equivalent of their standard advice.
The “I’s” Have It
Miss Constitution has noticed that confusing words, sentences, paragraphs, and columns seem to be multiplying, leaving the average American anxious about what to believe and who to trust. She is sympathetic. Many go to sources for short snippets thinking they are getting accurate information when they are getting just
Tempting Human Nature
“[A]dd to your faith virtue, and to your virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness, and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity.” 2 Peter 5:7 King James Version Since faith is one of the theological virtues (faith, hope, and charity),
The Harvard Mess Untangled
"He is led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention" – Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations.What invisible hand led the President of Harvard University to promote the exclusion of black candidates from top jobs in America is unknowable, but that is a
Sounding the Trumpet
“He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat. . .” Julia Ward Howe, the Battle Hymn of the Republic, 1862. As the national indignities pile up the American public is treated to books and ads on the “end times” or the “reckoning” in which the chosen
Miss Constitution and the Ivy-League Presidents – Part 2
“Speech is powerful. It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and, as it did here, inflict great pain. On the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker. As a nation we have chosen a different course