In newspaper columns going back at least since 2012 and with an eye toward civil liberties that are still far from given, I have argued that the United States is still wrestling with the full implications of just four words from the Declaration of Independence that renaissance man, master wordsmith and slaveholder Thomas Jefferson wrote in the summer of 1776: “all men are created equal.”
Toward a more perfect union
Toward a more perfect union
Toward a more perfect union
In newspaper columns going back at least since 2012 and with an eye toward civil liberties that are still far from given, I have argued that the United States is still wrestling with the full implications of just four words from the Declaration of Independence that renaissance man, master wordsmith and slaveholder Thomas Jefferson wrote in the summer of 1776: “all men are created equal.”