Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.

American corporations hate to give away money.

Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.

Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?

When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always out fight American soldiers, brought up in the Boy Scouts. He lost that bet. The Boy Scouts had been taught how to figure their way out of their own problems.

Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.

Nothing is inevitable in life. People make choices, and those choices have results, and we all live with the results.