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Thanksgiving and the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's arrival

A happy Thanksgiving 2020 to all and sundry. Ours was immediate family only, with one away at school; our nearest extended family were elsewhere today, and many more of our extended family are of advanced age. So four of us did all the cooking, eating, and cleaning. We intended to...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 27, 2020 12:05 PM

Calvin Coolidge on the Declaration of Independence and the end of progress

An excerpt from President Calvin Coolidge's speech on the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence: A spring will cease to flow if its source be dried up; a tree will wither if its roots be destroyed. In its main features the Declaration of Independence is a great spiritual document....

Posted by Michael Bates on July 4, 2014 2:08 PM