Jim Walden, who left the Democratic Party years ago, is challenging a law that bans the word “independence” on a ballot line. By Emma G. Fitzsimmons A prominent lawyer who is a candidate for ...

A: The Declaration of Independence is one of the most remarkable documents in the world, and certainly in the English language or in Christendom. And in just a few words, it captures the essence.

Of all his writings, Thomas Jefferson's most famous and far-reaching was undoubtedly his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Although the issue of slavery was widely debated -- both the ...