U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, in India last Friday.
Some of the very few words that filtered through my consciousness while in bed that day:
If freedom-loving people throughout the world do not speak out against China’s oppression in China and Tibet, we have lost all moral authority to speak on behalf of human rights [...]
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“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
Winston Churchill
Albertans re-elect historic 11th straight Tory government
(Why I’m disappointed but not surprised)
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The big news from Edmonton, this election day:
Don’t forget to vote today. Please.
*Alberta Advantage defined.
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A letter and a poem written in 1775 or 1776 to General George Washington (born on this date in 1732) from Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784):
To His Excellency
George Washington
Sir,
I have taken the freedom to address your Excellency in the enclosed poem, and entreat your acceptance, though I am not insensible of its inaccuracies. Your being appointed [...]
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“I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag.”
U.S. Congressman Craig A. Washington (D-Texas, 1989-1995)
Via GeekDad, the news that voiceover artist Debra Jean Dean has recorded her readings of the Declaration of Independence [...]
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Crissy at Classical Home [she's now blogging here] is, quite rightly, still bothered that “Americans can more easily identify the Simpsons cartoon characters than the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment”*, as the BBC announced the other week.
To help remedy the current sorry state of affairs, Crissy writes,
I believe our children will learn what [...]
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I read this weekend that the U.S. National Archives and Google have teamed up to digitize and make National Archives holdings available free to all online. This means anyone with a computer can now have access to historic movies, documentaries, and other films in the Archives.
You can check Archives’ holdings at the official National Archives [...]
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