Back when the Constitution was written, only the Southern states had large numbers of slaves. Counting salves as part of the population would greatly increase the South’s political power. The Southern states argued in favor of counting slaves. Northern states disagreed. The delegates compromi[...]
Archive for April 4th, 2016
April 4th, 2016 - 1:08 am § in Misc.
Sanders: The Inevitable Hypocrisy
“The candidate who pledged last May that his campaign would not be about Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, but “about the needs of the American people”; the candidate who boasted he’d never run a negative political attack in his life; the man who said he would be “driven by issues and[...]
Male Orangutan Dies at Woodland Park Zoo.
I spent my Sunday afternoon at the Zoo… not my first choice for good drawing time but it was a nice day so why not. Regrettably when I got to the Orangutan exhibit I heard that their male Orangutan, Towan, had died of respiratory problems the week before. He was 48 years old. I feel […][...]