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Beck's Religiosity Much Different Than Lincoln's or King's
Tweet Share on Facebook August 31, 2010 Comment (14)This is a thank you note to Mr. Stone of North Carolina and a few other gentlemen who took the time to write in response to yesterday’s blog post regarding the recent Glenn Beck rally in Washington. They rightly point out that Abraham Lincoln spoke of God hauntingly in his last speech shortly before he died, the incomparable Second Inaugural Address.
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Lincoln Reacts to Glenn Beck and His Tea Party Visitors
Tweet Share on Facebook August 30, 2010 Comment (25)Who were those people disturbing a body's summer morning peace? Why were they on the marble steps of my front porch, deluging me from every direction? My friends, in all my years on this chair in this temple of democracy, this rambling talk of 'restoring honor,' leaves me of all people--speechless!
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What the Obamas Should Really Do in Martha’s Vineyard
Tweet Share on Facebook August 24, 2010 Comment (8)President Obama and his family are hanging out "on the island," as they like to say over on the beguiling blue vision just across Nantucket Sound from Cape Cod. Martha's Vineyard, named for the daughter of the English sea captain who found and charted it, is not just an enviable state of mind--though it is that in late, lazy summertime when the water's warm enough to swim and scavenge for smooth sea glass on the beach all afternoon.
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Iraq War Withdrawal: A Bittersweet End
Tweet Share on Facebook August 19, 2010 Comment (8)So the Army is clearing its combat presence and mission out of Baghdad, trying to keep the whole thing low key with no frills under cover of night. Good for the Army for having the sense not to try to celebrate anything. Democracy does not just spring up in this desert, even if you take it by storm as we did seven years ago.
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My Favorite States
Tweet Share on Facebook August 16, 2010 Comment (4)All states are not created equal, as written somewhere in the Constitution. As promised, it's only fair to single out some states for praise after last week's essay proved popular among the Southern gentlemen we hear so much about.
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Let the Worst States Secede--Goodbye South Carolina, Arizona, and Texas
Tweet Share on Facebook August 9, 2010 Comment (206)All states are not created equal, as this summer's performances in Congress and other political platforms show anew. Some states are pretty great; some are just plain trouble. Take the following three, for example:
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Why Obama Should Let the Bush Tax Cuts Expire
Tweet Share on Facebook August 2, 2010 Comment (38)The rich people I know wish to see the George W. Bush tax cuts for the wealthy expire--and to have their views counted in by Congress.
