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Thursday, July 05, 2012

“Are you good enough to be an American?”


David Goldman examines the Star Spangled Banner.  It was written at a specific time. It begins with a question and ends with one.  The first question asks if the birth of this nation has been aborted.  The last question asks if America remains the land of the free and the home of the brave.



The questions are not rhetorical, but very real.  We know the answer to the first one.  The second question is in doubt.



Read the whole thing.

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