"NEVER...GIVE...AN...INCH..." [1]: Try That In A Small Town by Jason Aldean (Songwriters: Kelley Lovelace / Neil Thrasher / Tully Kennedy / Kurt Michael Allison) Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalkCarjack an old lady at a red lightPull a gun on the owner of a liquor storeYa think it's cool, well, act a fool if ya …
Month: July 2023
Some Context Surrounding The Declaration of Independence
As far as shiny objects in history go, The Declaration of Independence is definitely a worthy jewel...yet, at over thirteen hundred words it is clearly too extensive for the short attention spans of our emerging generations and their technologies. Even with a popular modern musical about the author, I suspect there is little chance that …
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Grant and Twain and the Soul of American Liberty on Independence Day 2023
It has become a habit of mine to spend a few minutes each year on this day of celebration reading back over this passage from Mr. Twain's Roughing It: It was not without regret that I took a last look at the tiny flag (it was thirty-five feet long and ten feet wide) fluttering like …
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