Police Reform; the Expert Trap; Steps Forward and Back
Good morning, it’s Tuesday, May 25, 2021. On this date in 1787, 55 delegates met in Philadelphia to draft a Constitution to replace the unwieldy Articles of Confederation. Did those delegates, all of whom were white and male, do their best? That’s a fraught question. It’s a matter of record that they were literally revolutionaries who had risked their lives, fortunes, and their family’s future for the idea of self-determination. Even so, they also seem obtuse today: A new country devoted to independence that granted neither freedom nor equality to a majority of its citizens? That’s ...
Source: realclearpolitics.com