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A funny movie from my youth was Tommy Boy, starring Chris Farley and David Spade. I recently rewatched it. This question on Chris Farley's final exam in history made me cringe (and not because he wrote Herbie Hancock).

Then again, perhaps I should let the producers off easy. I recently saw this book at the Houston Public Library, and also cringed.

No, the Constitution is not built to change with our country. It was made notoriously difficult to amend. This author has no apparent expertise about the Constitution, but I suppose that shouldn't stop her from writing about it.

One of my long-term goals is to write children books about the Constitution. It's on the agenda.