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Extremism – Our National Addiction

“I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!”   I remember very well, when in the summer of 1964, Barry Goldwater made the statement above in accepting the Republican nomination for President.    ...

5 mins

Learning from the Whitney Plantation

In early December my sister Gracie and I spent a day at the Whitney Plantation as guests of the ACLU of Louisiana. I’d visited before but Gracie had not. If you aren’t familiar with the plantation – about an hour’s drive up the Mississippi from New Orleans – it tells the story of slavery vividly ...

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