Humorous Item of the Day

The assignment: it is 1787, and you have to craft a letter to the editor in support of or against ratification of the Constitution.

Part of one letter: "I believe that with George Washington, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton as our top vocalists that a new form of government will do this country only good."

I only wish my student had specified which part each of these founders sang, and exactly how good they were. Hamilton as baritone? Washington as bass? They must have made quite a trio...