Serious question, what is more democratic?  Defacing statues, tearing them down and vandalizing them with no opportunity for the citizenry to be represented with a vote on how to handle them?  Or, military and police forces following direction from the duly elected president, head of the executive branch, protecting…

Of course I’m serious! LMM wrote a musical, universally beloved, about the Founding Fathers in all their glory. He didn’t do it to shatter myths or to re-cast them as villains, but rather geniusly (I’m making that an adverb!) and powerfully cast POC in the leads because Hamilton and Burr and Jefferson and Washington ar…

A reminder to everyone that Lin-Manuel Miranda and a cast of POC are able to appreciate all the fantastic things the Founding Fathers did, even though they were not perfect people, and so can you! Happy Independence Day!