All Posts Tagged With: "citizenship"
A Pen That Turns into a Sword
It’s a promotional giveaway pen, a rather nice one by BIC, white with red and blue writing that at first I found puzzling: MEN: Don’t lose benefits! Use this to register with Selective Service. Benefits from (or through, or with) Selective Service? When I turned 18 several years before the Vietnam era I registered for [...]
24Nov2010 | N. Joseph Potts | 5 comments | ContinuedCan We Tell Those Huddled Masses to Scram? Immigration and the Constitution
In 1873 some Presbyterians in Kentucky invited a young Canadian to be their pastor. Tensions in the border state were still high following the War of Southern Independence, and the congregants hoped that a neutral outsider could pacify folks not only within their own church but even across denominations. Rev. A.B. Simpson succeeded so well [...]
1Nov2006 | Becky Akers | 27 comments | ContinuedRegardless of Choice, Vote!
Leonard E. Read established FEE in 1946 and served as its president until his death in 1983. This article is excerpted from Chapter 9 of Mr. Read’s book Anything That’s Peaceful. It is the eleventh in a monthly series commemorating the 100th anniversary of Mr. Read’s birth. I have vowed never to support any organization [...]
1Nov1998 | Leonard E. Read | 2 comments | Continued-
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