This weekend’s Townhall column by Yours Truly is, truly, an expansion of Thursday‘s Common Sense. The story just couldn’t be confined to one brief comment, I guess. Check it out.
Oh, here are links to articles and relevant reading matter:
Means and ends are central. If your means are corroded, your ends will be corroded. And if you’re fighting to preserve liberty and you use means that eviscerate our liberties, the end will be corroded, too.
On May 23, 1788, South Carolina became the 8th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
Other May 23 events include:
* 1813: South American independence leader Simón Bolívar entered Mérida, where he was proclaimed El Libertador (“The Liberator”), leading the invasion of Venezuela.
* 1900: Sergeant William Harvey Carney became the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in a Civil War battle fought 37 years prior, in 1863.
* 1910: American clarinetist and jazz bandleader Artie Shaw was born in New York City.
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