The Same Miracle Every Nineteen Years?
If Thomas Jefferson had had his way, there might not be a United States of America today. If the Nation had survived, it would look very different than it does now. Although Jefferson was not present at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, he corresponded with the delegates throughout. In a letter to James Madison he wrote that he believed the Constitution should be reopened and redone every nineteen years, saying, "The earth belongs always to the living generation."1 If this view had been accepted, the delegates at the periodic conventions would adjust the constitution to fit to the time period; the prevailing norms would inevitably be written in. Instead of looking to the Constitution as the law of the land, people would look to change it to fit their idea of what the law should be. It would lose all of its clout.
The 1980 Olympic semi-final hockey game between the United States and the Soviet Union is known as the......
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