By: Jeff Katz – July, 2011 Recently, we’ve heard a lot about presidential candidates and gaffes. Sarah Palin stated that Paul Revere warned the British that the British were coming. After she was roundly ridiculed by the usual high and mighty types, a number of noteworthy historians pointed out that her explanation was absolutely correct. Not only had America’s most famous silversmith […]
July, 2007 Careful readers of this paper have probably noticed the above byline under The Valley Patriot banner since our very first printing. We chose this byline, the first five words of the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, because we believe that this amendment is the first line of defense against government trampling our rights […]