Minor Thoughts

Happy Birthday America. Let’s remember how it all began.

And here’s the best dramatic reading I’ve seen, of the entire Declaration of Independence.

Over at Winds of Change, the Armed Liberal posts some reflections on patriotism. What does it mean in a post-modern world? Is it worthwhile? Is it distinguishable from mere nationalism? What does American patriotism mean, in a nation that has been formed from one ethnicity after another (and continues to be reformed and remodeled each …