Your wish in your 7/4 op-ed, that “people who live in the United States and hate it” should leave, implies you long for the time when “men and women far more courageous than I am broke Britain's chains of tyranny.” You miss a dynamic of our history: grand ideals. 1/21

Our founding documents [FN1] include “all men are created equal” & were written by white males who owned property. No woman signed any of the documents. No woman could vote. [FN2] Another contradiction for “a land…

Delaware was first to ratify the Constitution [FN1] & is among several States whose ratification conventions [FN2] left few records. Elliot’s Debates [FN3] has few entries for Delaware. [FN4] In no record does anyone declare Delaware is part of a Christian nation. [FN5] 1/19

Another collection of documents for this period is relatively recent in publication. [FN6] Edited by Prof Merrill Jensen, [FN7] relevant history of Delaware is noted [FN8] and descriptions of sources are…

As I was about to crash last night, a voice came to me and said: “Wait one more day to write about the States’ conventions! You haven’t finished saying what the Christofascists’ next move will be. I don’t work two shifts to finance your blog for it to be only half-way!” Yeah, the voice. 1/9

Christofascists want to destroy records of our history[FN1] & put racist fairy-tales in their place. Indiana gives us insight. [FN2] George Ade observed: “A lot of smart young people have come…

Why do Christian nationalists insist the U.S. was founded as a “Christian” nation? [FN1] Facts do not support their claim. [FN2] The founding documents, few in number [FN3] do not help. [FN4] Neither “God” nor Jesus Christ appears in The Constitution, but “religion” is mentioned: 5/15

“no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public trust...” [FN5] The document came from a convention in which each day’s business did not begin w/prayer. [FN6] A…