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Comparison Shopping with the Bill of Rights

You may have heard that a new monument honoring the Bill of Rights was going to be dedicated on December 15th, the Bill of Rights Day, in Phoenix, Arizona. But do you know the back story to this? According to the ABA Journal and lots of other press reports, juggler and stand-up comedian Chris Bliss joked about there being so many tributes to the Ten Commandments, but no similar monuments for the Bill of Rights. As with so many other great ideas, the concept took on steam (once it got a website of its own), and the monument has been built. Now, Bliss jokes, people can "comparison shop" the two codes. It's a funny story, yes, but inspiring at the same time. So what ideas do you sometimes joke about? You may also be harboring a big idea or two, also long overdue!

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