In one of the most illuminating moments of the Obamacare debate, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi said “we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” Pelosi meant that we would learn the truth about the bill after the controversy had died down. However, her words apply to Obamacare more than she knew. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is not really a law, and we still do not know its full affects. Laws set norms to regulate conduct. Obamacare, like most major laws, …
126 years ago today, on June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. A gift from the French people, the statue recalls our alliance with France during the Revolutionary War. Historian Edouard de Laboulaye conceived the idea of the statue as a visible symbol of America’s guiding principle: the universal liberty and equality of men. Sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi designed the statue, modeling her after the Roman goddess Libertas, the personification of freedom. Officially titled “Liberty Enlightening the World,” the statue’s name, along with the torch born …
