The Truman Series
Posted by:
Charles Harris on
February 5, 2008 at
8:05AM EST
I note with interest that the New Era is going to run an educational series on the Presidency of Harry S. Truman. I will hope that it is not going to be the usual abysmal job that this society does when it comes to educating our children on historical events and people. I am willing to bet that it will be a typically politically correct and revisionist version of the events of one of the greatest Presidents to ever hold the job. I am hoping for the best, but am not optimistic. For instance, will the series mention that Harry Truman gave a speech on Civil Rights and equality of all men in Sedalia, Missouri- in 1940? Will it mention that he was a man who never hesitated to say exactly what he meant- without recourse to political correctness? Will it do him justice- in a society wherein justice and fairness have become dependent on which group of offended people can scream the loudest?
