Tag Archives: New Yorker

Privacy and Equality in the Constitution

Posted on May 25, 2015 by whungerford

To get the word male . . . out of the Constitution cost the women of the country fifty-two years of pauseless campaign.–Carrie Chapman Catt Writing in the May 25th issue of The New Yorker, historian Jill Lepore discusses the history of the … Continue reading →

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Oaths — Part 2

Posted on January 12, 2015 by whungerford

If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth–Numbers 30:2. By placing … Continue reading →

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Women and minorities in political and judicial office

Posted on October 24, 2014 by whungerford

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.–Martin Luther King Jr. Jelani Cobb, in a New Yorker magazine article titled “Voting by Numbers,” which appeared in the Oct. 27th issue, explains that while women make … Continue reading →

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