The Right to Vote and to be Voted For

Less than a hundred years ago … a married women couldn’t own property, had no legal claim to any money she might earn and no woman in America had the right to vote! According to History.com: “Women were expected to focus on housework and motherhood (presumably in that order) not politics.” Not until the summer of 1920, was the 19th amendment …

To debate or not to debate

Legend has it that John F. Kennedy beat Richard M. Nixon in the first televised debate and eventually the presidency because Mr. Kennedy looked robust and healthy and wore a dark suit vs. Mr. Nixon’s ill-fitting gray one. And Mr. Nixon’s 5 o’clock shadow and pallor prompted Democrats to ask, “Would you buy a used car from this man?” suggesting …