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1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Mark Franke

   Passion play: Founding Fathers' appeal to reason has been, sadly, largely cast aside (opens the original)

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   It was on Sept. 17, 1787, that the delegates to the Constitutional Convention lined up to sign the document they had jointly written. Well, most of them did; 39 of the 42 present signed. That’s a positive margin of 93%. Imagine getting that kind of consensus on major legislation in Congress today. What those 39 founders signed was a proposed Constitution, one that needed to be ratified by at least two-thirds of the states to take effect. It is fair to say that the ratification process was more

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2. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Mark Franke

   I love a parade: July 4 spectacle hearkens back to a more joyful time (opens the original)

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   It’s officially high summer according to the thermometer and, most importantly, according to the school vacation calendar. In the past that meant lots of community parades on Saturdays, most of which were aligned with that town’s summer festival week. Most of Fort Wayne’s surrounding towns had them. I know because my Navy veteran father would march with his comrades in each one of them. The small town parades were special. Civic organizations, major businesses and local politicians all mar

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