Stamp of the Day

September 2020

Johannes Gutenberg and The Ultimate Top Ten List

Here’s a diverting thought experiment for the day after that horrific “debate”. Who were the most influential people in the last millennium? The question is germane because Johannes Gutenberg, the subject of today’s #stampoftheday, is considered to be among the most important, if not the most important, person on that list. Gutenberg, of course, was […]

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Mayor Ernst Reuter was “Elected but Unconfirmed”

As I write, the first presidential “debate” is underway and, while the bulk of the debate has, thanks to our president, degenerated into a juvenile schoolyard name-calling contest. Among the many things lost in the president’s sadly infantile attacks is the fact that freedom is among the many things at stake in this consequential election.

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What Would John Marshall Do Today?

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Having lost a major election, a waning, lame-duck president and his congressional allies packs the courts with new appointees, including a Supreme Court judge who will vote on whether the effort is constitutional. This frightening scenario is both amazingly current and, as today’s #stampoftheday illustrates, a piece

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