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Jeremy Bentham

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“Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.”

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Extraordinarily Unusual
Sharing“It’s a government-on-government fight,” reports Seattle-based KOMO News, as the …
The Spirit of Initiative
SharingToday is inauguration day for President Barack Obama. When I …
The People Speak
SharingMainstream media often become so fixed on the major players …
In-Nate Problem
SharingMy brother, Tim Jacob, blames me for sucking him into …
The Color of Contempt
SharingThe good sense that California voters exhibited at the polls …

Among the Ungovernable
May 3, 2024
Paul Jacob on where Donald Trump will be in late …Read More »
Second Amendment Privacy Act
May 2, 2024
Paul Jacob on a big win for gun rights.Read More »
They Don’t Get It
May 1, 2024
Paul Jacob on Jerry Seinfeld’s explanation for why we cannot …Read More »
Hypocrisy’s Cash Value
April 30, 2024
Paul Jacob on our principle-challenged politicians.Read More »
Criminal Discrimination?
April 29, 2024
Paul Jacob on criminalizing the avoidance of criminals.Read More »

No-Study Politics
SharingThe 200-plus “youth activists” who stormed House Minority Leader Nancy …
Townhall: Don’t Interrupt the Democrats
SharingAt Townhall, Paul Jacob cuts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez enough slack for the …
Leave Those Kids Alone
SharingCongress created The National Commission on Military, National, and Public …
The Rank Reality of Math
SharingU.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-Maine) doesn’t like Ranked Choice Voting. …
Green New Extremism
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On May 4, 1796, American historian William H. Prescott was born. Prescott’s History of the Conquest of Mexico and his Conquest of Peru remain classic works of well-researched, “scientific history.” Prescott, Arizona, was named in his honor.

The May Fourth Movement began on May 4, in 1919: Student demonstrations took place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.

In 1961 on May 4, the “Freedom Riders” began a bus trip through the South.