On March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court, in Dred Scott vs. Stanford, ruled that no act of Congress or territorial legislature could make laws banning slavery. The fundamental argument was that slaves are not free and equal persons but the property of their masters. The ruling is analogous to Roe vs. Wade because today no state may make a law banning abortion to protect the unborn. The argument is similar: basically because the unborn are at the sovereign disposal of their mothers and do not have personal standing in their own right. There was no consensus in this country on the personhood and rights of salves. We were split down the middle. But the issue was so fundamental that the states went to war, and in the end the Lincoln administration overturned the Dred Scott decision. And today, 130 years later, we look back with amazing consensus and marvel at the blindness of our forefathers.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Cookies, Holiday, Christmas	24	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Brown sugar; firmly packed
1/3	c	Sugar
1/2	c	Margarine; or butter, softend
1 1/2	ts	Vanilla
1		Egg
1 1/4	c	Flour
1/2	ts	Baking soda
1/2	ts	Salt
6	oz	Chocolate chips
1/2	c	Brickle bits

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oven to 375~. Line 2, 12" pizza pans with foil. Invert 4" oven-proof
bowls in center of each pan; grease outside of bowl. In large bowl, cream
brown sugar, sugar, margarine, vanilla and egg until light and fluffy.
Lightly spoon flour itno measuring cup; level off. Stir in flour, baking
soda and salt; blend well. Stir in chocolate chips and brickle chips.
Spread half of dough onto each prepared pan to within 1/2" of bowl and pan
edges. BAke for 10-15 minutes or until light golden. Carefully remove
bowls. Cool; remove from pan. Decorate as desired with candies and colored
decorator frosting.
Shared by DSIREN@delphi.com on Dec. 21, 1997.
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 391 by Badams
<adamsfmle@sprintmail.com> on Dec 21, 1997

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