I won't be online tomorrow so I'm taking this opportunity to turn red, white and blue in honour of America's 250th birthday!
I firmly believe that 1776 was a turning point in world history, and I'm increasingly of the opinion that the principles of the American Revolution should be exported worldwide-- and that this would protect, rather than harm, the unique and organic traditions of each people and nation.
And I love America, aside from politics. True, I haven't spent more'n a few weeks there-- but people who have lived their entire lives in the USA have drastically differing views of it, just as people who grew up in Dev's Ireland had (and have) drastically differing views of it. So, I'll boldly insist that I love America.
God bless the USA!
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Noticed the Irish Times article on William Johnson this morning. Another unusual piece of Irish history
DeleteOf course Fintan O'Toole would write about someone who fought against the American revolution on the 250th anniversary! Never heard of that guy. I think I tried to read the Last of the Mohicans once, it was mind-numbing.
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