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Bill of Rights Day 2018: A Time to Reflect

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Bill of Rights Day 2018: A Time to Reflect
Lisa Petry holds up a copy of the U.S. Constitution on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 25, 2008. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
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Dec. 15, 2018, was Bill of Rights Day. The Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments) appended to our constitution took effect on Dec. 15, 1791—227 years ago. In viewing the status of the Bill of Rights today, it’s possible to adopt either a “the glass is half empty” or a “half full” perspective.
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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