Black History Month #2 – Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915) was born to a slave in Franklin County, Virginia. His father was an unknown white man from a neighboring plantation. His mother, Jane, worked as a cook for the plantation owner James Burroughs. As a very young boy, he went to...

February, 2014 Blogs – Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month I am devoting February’s blogs to history that is no longer taught in schools. The history of America is not complete unless we know it all – the good, bad and ugly. Unfortunately, the only history we hear is the bad and ugly with the...

Final Thoughts on Congressional Oversight

“[C]onsidering the natural lust for power so inherent in man, I fear the thirst of power will prevail to oppress the people.” –George Mason, speech at the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788 Note: George Mason did not vote to ratify the Constitution....