Long Presidents' Day Hike

On this Presidents' Day Becca and I took a very long hike, and while we were exploring the outback we never once talked about any of our presidents.  However, when we ran into JC later I brought up the subject of an article I read in the New York Times about our illustrious first president, George Washington, who contrary to the story about his inability to tell a lie actually could tell one.  It was the way he managed to keep slaves in his residence in Philadelphia despite the 6-month rule that required them be set free if they lived in the state for six months or more.  The article is here if you're interested:  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/opinion/george-washington-slave-catcher.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region&region=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region