Tag: Pilgrims
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Fascism Won’t Conquer America Because Diversity Won’t Let It
The Republican Party’s big secret is out. They’ve foresworn conservatism for outright fascism. America’s political balance needs conservatives – and I say that as a progressive. Opposition isn’t a bad thing. It keeps everyone honest. And progressives, whether they accept it or not, need a conservative counterweight. But, we definitely don’t need the brown shirt…
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Americans Must Choose Between A Renaissance And A Retreat
Insert fork-in-the-road analogy here. Whatever that analogy is, it was inevitable. The last time we stood here, we opted for the “Civil War” path. We all know how that turned out. It was bloody and brutal and catastrophic. While it formally ended slavery – a very good thing – it didn’t actually end slavery; it…
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Democracy Is “Use It Or Lose It”
Winston Churchill famously said “democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried”. He said that after being voted out of office at the end of World War Two. Despite his cynicism (born of losing an election), he was right. Democracy is damned hard to pull off.…
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Fer F*ck’s Sake, America — They’re Just WORDS!
George Bernard Shaw put it this way — ‘The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language.” Not that every Brit is Shakespeare — that would be a slight over-statement — but regardless of how profane they are by nature most Brits are a hell of a lot better at using…