Calvin C. Bliss was one of the thousands of Arkansans caught in the chaos of the Civil War and Reconstruction, but he came to Arkansas as an educator and became the state’s first lieutenant governor.
The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in the most meaningful challenge to abortion law since it was established by Roe v. Wade in 1973. Almost 50 years ago, the Supreme Court made the wrong decision, opting to legislate from the bench, and in my opinion, creating a right to an abortion that doesn’t exist, instead of ceding the decision to the states. This ruling has the chance to correct that mistake.
It came to be called the Day Which Will Live in Infamy. The attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was a devastating loss for the nation. When the attack began at 7:55 AM by Japanese forces, the Americans on the scene realized that their lives in that moment had changed. The American entry into World War II would transform the face of the war and forever alter the course of the nation and of the men and women who fought to protect it.
On Dec. 2, 1777, Philadelphia housewife and nurse Lydia Darragh single-handedly saves the lives of Gen. George Washington and his Continental Army when she overhears the British planning a surprise attack. The British were stunned to find the army waiting for them the next day.
Don't give up. Never be complacent. Always be in the know. When Congress passes laws that can't be read in a day or understood by the masses, maybe it's time to shuffle. Change those who won't.
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