(I should have waited a day, too hasty on the Nullification part, needed a rewrite.) (I originally titled this piece “Lincoln Fought a Civil War to Keep the South in the Union, What Will Donald Trump Have to…
Category: Religion
Lamentations for a Fall that has not yet Occurred?
If you know your roof is leaking, your foundation sinking, or your pipes are leaking, you get them fixed. You call in a plumber or a specialist. It’s a matter of survival. What you don’t do is sit on your couch…
Earth Day, April 22, 1970, the Biggest Hoax Russia Ever Perpetrated on America
(This is an annual reprise.) For what it’s worth, Earth Day, is “celebrated” (or “honored”, you can’t always tell) every April 22nd. But it’s not an official American holiday, the president at the time having nothing to do with it.…
To be American, American Exceptionalism and Assimilation
(Edited 7 AM, Monday, March 6) I think there is a general misconception of just what assimilation means to the ideal of “to be American”. To understand American exceptionalism you must first realize that it was created by the American people,…
Donald Trump’s Inaugural Apologia to the American People
On Friday, January 17, 2017 Donald Trump strode to the microphone, looking out over a sea of citizens who had dreamed of this day, some for thirty years, and spoke directly at them. Behind President Trump sat the elites of…