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Great Books, Observed

Our Abysmal 250th Birthday

Until 2026, I really hadn’t thought much of America 1976.

But since Americans have let the ideals and ideas we celebrated then backslide, it can be claimed that ourselves of 50 years ago would be disappointed and angry at how those of us who survived or came along have failed the franchise.

In 1976, Americans could mark great progress regarding our national experiment. In 2026, there exists nothing presently we can point at or extol with any kind of pride. Continue reading Our Abysmal 250th Birthday →

Dim Neon, Poky Town

Imaginary Grace

Shouldn’t Las Vegas be the one place in America free of evangelicals? After all, people visit the Big Mayberry to escape the godscreamers’ “old time religion,” their moral superiority, and as well as their judgmental natures.

But even here there is no respite from the moralizers and holier-than-thou intending to make another’s life as hellish, narrow and proscribed as theirs. Continue reading Imaginary Grace →