Happy 250th to a Cranky Country
It’s been said a nation has a life cycle, just like people do. Perhaps our American gestation was the period when European powers first started planting their little colony seeds along the coast of this […]
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So, You Say You Don’t Want a Revolution?
No one wants to face challenges or work for their dreams, anymore–they just want everything handed to them. That made me wonder, what would have happened if Americans shared that attitude at the time of […]
How Benjamin Franklin’s Kevlar Saved America
John Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Second U.S. President, and all around unpleasant guy, had this to say about America’s Independence Day: “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shows, […]
World War I Leads To American Independence
Flags are cool. Of course, these flags hang at the Albion Fire Station, so maybe they’re hot. Your flag may vary. Ever since Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World and […]
Happy July 2nd, America!
John Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Second U.S. President, and all around unpleasant guy, had this to say about America’s Independence Day: “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shows, […]
How The First World War Led To American Independence
Ever since Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World and hid all the Viking artifacts, America has been a land of opportunity, independence, and smallpox. Eventually the British colonists decided to go off and […]
Gymdependence Day
It seemed like I was eating garbage lately. I felt unhealthy, sluggish and grumpy all the time. But there she was in the grocery store, so beautiful, staring at me through the plastic window in […]
America is the greatest nation on earth – In your FACE, Denmark
On July 4th, we will once again celebrate our independence from the tyranny of England. Those British monarchs can be so oppressive. If it were up to Queen Elizabeth, we’d all be forced to drink […]