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With the exception of my senior year of high school — when I was out of my mind with piss, vinegar, and hormones — I spent every childhood 4th of July in Bristol, Rhode Island with my dad. My son is (astonishingly) ten months old now and I have spent most of the day wondering [...]

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Drink Coca-Cola. Wear Levi’s. Drive a Ford or Chevy. Attend a Major League Baseball game. Use Viagra.

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Stars and Stripes Forever

Sunday April 17, 2005

Everything in this country would just be a whole lot better if everyone simply listened to a bit more John Philip Sousa. I mean, really. Why do we have to wait until July 4th? This stuff is just terrific. How can you hear these things and not want to go vote and settle the West [...]

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An essay on Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin

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America the Beautiful

Wednesday January 2, 2002

The Sept. 11 attacks increased, rather than decreased, Americans’ expressed satisfaction with the way things are going in the country — one of the most intriguing public opinion shifts of 2001. Gallup’s December reading on satisfaction, at 70%, is the highest since February 1999. The October and November satisfaction ratings were 67% and 65%, respectively. [...]

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Flag

Wednesday September 12, 2001

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Flag

Wednesday September 12, 2001

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GW

Monday December 18, 2000

<be very afraid> You got that fancy book learn’n, don’t ya? </be very afraid>

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Independence Day

Tuesday July 4, 2000

HAPPY 4th of JULY!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!! Today is my second favorite holiday (after Christmas!): a day for clambakes and picnics and parades and marching bands and fireworks and hanging out with family and listening to the 1812 overture really loud and jumping in a sprinkler and lobster and sing-alongs and sparklers and being happy! [...]

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India

Sunday March 26, 2000

I can’t believe Sylvia’s leaving me! In less than a dozen hours she’ll be on a plane to India with Bhrett. A month! What am I going to (legally) do for a month?! This doesn’t look good … I couldn’t help but wonder if they have all the same stores in India. We spent the [...]

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