May (July 4th) be to the world, what I believe it will be — to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all — the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of [...]
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Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme
Calvin Trillin
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U.S. Supreme Court to the Rescue - For Now
Published by July 4th, 2006 in Politics and al Qaeda. 0 CommentsJust when many of us were beginning to wonder if our constitutional system of divided government, with its inherent checks and balances, was a long cherished myth which had been effectively demolished by the power-hungry Bush Administration, the United States Supreme Court, on Thursday, reminded us that it is alive and well - at least [...]
What to listen to today: Dave Alvin, or John Doe (in X) or Robert Earl Keen sing Dave Alvin’s “Fourth of July.”
Allen Ginsburg’s reading of “America.”
Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.“
Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone.“
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