It's the Fourth of July, a day when we celebrate the independence of the United States from Great Britain. What a long strange trip it's been, since that time. I wrote a few years ago about a contemporary 4th of July fair in a local park. Since then, I've thought about our independence in relation to the current political climate which continues to ( Read more... )

I am watching the evening re-broadcast of the We Are One concert and it sets me to thinking. It's about six months later than my 4th of July diatribe, and I am finding it interesting how I am having such a very different reaction to the patriotism I am seeing on TV right now vs what I saw on the 4th here in my hometown ( Read more... )

( in which I lengthily ponder our nation )