Is the United States a “Christian Nation”? Well yes, because 73% of Americans identify as Christian (down from 86% [!] in 1990.) How about the Founders? First, I don’t believe the Founders’ thoughts and words are inviolable sacred texts etched in stone. Even if they had declared Christianity as an animating feature of the new nation, it…
You know what’s tiring and pointless? Presuming to know what America’s “Founding Fathers” would think about this or that, and then using that probably-misinformed presumption to promote policy. Even if you could discern how these long-dead 18th century gents would react to contemporary mishegas (by the way, you cannot), why should we think their thoughts are…
At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. O! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation’s ear, I would, to day, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. Frederick Douglass gave a fiery, righteous speech on July 5th, 1852. Worth…
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