Underneath the raw power of manual labor that moves mountains, builds bridges, loads trucks and trains, constructs immense machines and tears down obstacles—the things that facilitate our American way of life—is a belief that work itself is not inherently evil, but a blessing.
Charlottesville will either be the prelude to a revolutionary symphony of violence, or, the prologue to “The mystic chords of memory” that may “yet swell the chorus of … Union, when again touched … by the better angels of our nature.” America, the choice is yours.
It is true that the American story bears the marks of the evil and catastrophe of slavery. When our founding fathers determined they would not be slaves, ironically and tragically some of them were in fact slave owners.
The artistry of a statesman’s farewell is an American tradition. What can we learn by what is, and isn’t, in a Farewell Address?
What are America’s “Judeo-Christian” roots? What does that term even mean anymore? Is it relevant in today’s 211st centuray pluralistic world?
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