Homeless in Denver

Just recently I was visiting one of my children in Denver, Colorado. What a beautiful city. Just look to the west and there as far as the eyes can see are the Rocky Mountains (snow capped even in the spring!). The city is a nice blend of tall modern buildings and...

Korematsu and Endo

On February 19, 1942 President Franklin Roosevelt issued his infamous Executive Order 9066 consigning all Japanese Americans on the West Coast to internment camps deep in the interior of the US. On March 21st, 1942 Congress enacted legislation giving authority to the...

Executive Order 9066

It was in my father’s generation that tens of thousands of American citizens were illegally stripped of their constitutional rights to freedom of assembly, free speech, and freedom from illegal search and seizure. Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, some...

A Brief History of Home Education in America

Today, some 2 million American school children are not enrolled in public or private schools, but rather are educated by their parents at home. Almost 51 million school children are educated in America’s government-controlled public school system. Lastly, 5.7...