Dispatch: Lamp of Experience

I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past

“I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.” —Patrick Henry

Lamp of Experience

This week there was a robust debate over the “parchment”—the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution—following remarks made by Politico reporter Heidi Przybyla about th…