Op-Ed: Vote – Our Democracy Depends On It

According to legend, at the end of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked by an onlooker what the delegates had created over that long, hot summer in Philadelphia. “A republic, if you can keep it,” Franklin replied.

Opinion: We are Better Than This

Right there, on the road across from McDonald’s, was one of my signs, covered with a big, black swastika. The universal symbol of hate, and a threat of physical harm.