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Thoughts for Independence Day (9)

From Ralph Waldo Emerson: America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appea...

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Thoughts for Independence Day (8)

From John Adams: I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as...

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Thoughts for Independence Day (7)

From Benjamin Franklin: Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunc...

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Thoughts for Independence Day (6)

From Thomas Paine: Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, unde...

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New Book Provides Cultural Compass

Scott Nehring is a sometime film writer and current film critic, who blogs at GoodNewsFil...

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“Innocent Blood”—An Account of The Battle of Lexington by One Who Was There

The Battle of Lexington: A Sermon and Eyewitness Narrative (Originally titled: The Fate of...

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Thoughts for Independence Day (4)

From Patrick Henry: Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace—but there is no peace. The war is ac...

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Thoughts for Independence Day (5)

From Thomas Jefferson: The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave. No governmen...

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Thoughts for Independence Day (3)

From Andrew Jackson: The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his co...

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Thoughts for Independence Day (2)

From George Washington: To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of prese...

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John Adams—A Witty Founding Father

The Quotable John Adams Edited by Randy Howe The Lyons Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59921-409-2 Fe...

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Thoughts for Independence Day (1)

From Daniel Webster: God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to...

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A Great American Artist Tested the Limits of Liberal Tolerance

2009 was the centenary year of the birth of a great American artist and writer. At his pea...

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Appreciating Robert Bresson: ‘Seemingly Simple but with Mystery at the Heart of It’

Shmuel Ben-Gad commemorates filmmaker Robert Bresson, one of the greats. “But I firmly b...

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Michael Caine Delivers Old Testament Justice in “Harry Brown”

Let me make this perfectly clear: Harry Brown is not for the faint of heart. Although the ...

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Focus: “Tommy,” from “Eruptions”

Another album track by Focus, the Dutch progressive rock group. This is a section of m the...

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Focus, ‘Hamburger Concerto’

Focus is the 1970s Dutch progressive rock band best known for the novelty song "Hocus Pocu...

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Bill “Bojangles” Robinson

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, doing his acclaimed step dance in 1932, back when dancing was s...

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McCarey’s ‘My Son John’

Leo McCarey's My Son John (1952) has been uniformly lambasted by mainstream critics s...

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Consumer Electronics Show 2010

The future of the web, and thus in many ways the future of the American culture, are b...

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‘Ring Those Christmas Bells’—Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians

Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians perform a less-well-known but charming Christmas fa...