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Telling The Truth About The United States Is Hard
What makes the United States the greatest country in the world? I dunno. Yosemite? ___________ I like the above video’s puncturing of American exceptionalism. I especially like the Yosemite line, but when the piano starts to play, and the patriotic … Continue reading
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Tagged America, history, patriotism, philosophy, the Enlightenment, the united states, Thomas Jefferson, Yosemite
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Billionaire Russian Roman Abramovich’s Yacht in New York
The biggest yacht in the world, owned by a Russian billionaire, came down the Hudson River today: __________ Here’s more footage of it: __________ It will be docked in New York for perhaps a month or more, establishing temporary residency. … Continue reading
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Tagged America, billionaires, freedom, liberty, patriotism, Statue of Liberty, yachts
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Are Patriotism and Religion the Last Refuges of Scoundrels?
In 1775, in the year just prior to the American Revolution, Samuel Johnson famously quipped that: Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. And this morning, thinking about this truism, I asked myself this question: What is it about patriotism that … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, Christianity, glenn beck, God, Jesus, patriotism, reason, religion, Richard Dawkins, the Enlightenment, Voltaire
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The view from my window
The American flag, burning.
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Tagged America, American flag, Buddhism, dawn, flag burning, life, patriotism, sunrise
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Fox News 101: What Every Authoritarian Knows
Hermann Goering to Captain G. Gilbert, Nuremberg, 1945: “Naturally the common people don’t want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country … Continue reading
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Tagged authoritarianism, fascism, fascists, Fox News, patriotism, populism, Republican party, right wing, rush limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity
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Howard Nemerov and Learning from History
Howard Nemerov served in both the Canadian and American armed forces during World War II, and as a pilot flew combat missions over the North Sea against the Germans. His poem, “Ultima Ratio Reagan,” is a warning against historical ignorance … Continue reading
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Tagged history, howard nemerov, literature, Nazi Germany, patriotism, pilot, poems, poetry, reading, Vietnam, World War II
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Prometheus Unbound 