Culture Column
I’ve decided to start a culture column. It will appear once or twice a month and will contain something drawn from the vast pool of human historical knowledge. To start it off, I would like to direct readers to the U.S. government’s “Basic Readings in U.S. Democracy.” The website contains many transcripts of pivotal documents in our country’s history, including the Declaration, the Constitution, landmark court cases, and historic speeches. Each transcript is a time capsule, and taken together they illustrate the trajectory that our country has followed. Great acts of heroism and sacrifice stand in contrast to dark hours of injustice.
I encourage readers to browse these writings and speeches. They tell a great deal about where we have been.