Arbor Day’s J. Sterling Morton: We Don’t Know Him

Some men, long dead, are famous for what they DIDN’T do. For example, George Washington almost certainly didn’t chop down a cherry tree and later confess because, as he is reputed to have told his father, he “could not tell a lie.”1 Similarly, there is reason to believe that Benjamin Franklin did not actually fly… more

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GOP Gives the NPV a Big Thumbs Down!

Just as Rep. Matt Lori (R)  was set to re-introduce the National Popular Vote here in Michigan the GOP National Committee voted of a resolution opposing it. “Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and other officials said their aim was to send a message to state legislatures around the country that that the GOP is …

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