Tag Archives: Thomas Jefferson

Meeting Frank Capra: A Holiday Tale

Of the holidays, Thanksgiving seems to get more lost each year, trapped as it is between two spending juggernauts, Halloween and Christmas.  These two also duke it out decoration-wise, so that pumpkins and goblins often find themselves wreathed and hollied … Continue reading

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Red State, Blue State, Civil War

I lived in the South for several years in the late 70’s and at least once a day had this thought: The Civil War isn’t over, is it?  It felt vitally alive there, still breathing fire in town squares, flags, … Continue reading

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10 Reasons Why Muslims Can’t Be Good Americans

Yesterday an acquaintance forwarded this to me in an email. It’s a typical piece of web debris, asking you to please not delete it before you pass it on to as many of your friends as possible. So I am … Continue reading

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