by Wendell Griffen | Jul 29, 2020 | Opinion
Slavery “was the necessary evil upon which the union was built,” U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton said in a recent interview. The July 26, 2020, issue of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper contains an article based on that interview written by that paper’s Washington, DC,...
by Gregory Magruder | Jul 4, 2013 | Opinion
On the Fourth of July, we remember the birth of our nation and we need to reflect on the reasons our Founding Fathers broke with England and declared independence. The issues that led up to the break were many and they developed over time. For some, it was...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 6, 2012 | Opinion
As election season approaches, the occasional appeal to the “founding fathers” – more accurately, the “founding generation,” since women played essential roles as well – in political speeches seems to become more frequent and more...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jun 1, 2011 | Opinion
Political mythology provides the opportunity to construct a historical genealogy that both frames the overall public discourse and the mystical, if not spiritual, justification for maintaining oppressive and repressive policies. Take for example the general belief...
by Bruce Prescott | Jul 4, 2006 | Opinion
A newspaper religion reporter sent me an e-mail and asked what I thought the founding fathers–and specifically George Washington–meant by freedom of religion (the First Amendment). Here’s my response: The original language proposed for the First...
