These are difficult times for everyone, but for some more than others. As you may know, two dams broke in mid-Michigan causing severe flooding. Some people lost their…
Sounds like Hillary. But that’s probably wrong. I’ll bet it was one of the “good guys”, whose image now (like most good guys) will be irreparably marred in my mind….
But the more I think about it… I think it is about right. That America doesn’t happen to be an “extended family”, and never less so than now, means merely that America is not (and perhaps never was) a nation, but rather an empire, which… is about right.
When a greater idea is brought into the service of a lesser one, it is always to the detriment of the greater idea. Comparing a family to a nation can only help to further undermine the significance and nature of families. It is a strategy of detachment rather than one of attachment.
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Scot
I don’t know the answer, but I’m curious if a city is a nuclear family.
James Matthew Wilson
I think an American city is a dysfunctional family.
If a nation is an extended family, is the State our case worker?
Peter
Pat Buchanan, in this weeks syndicated column.
Steve Vander Woude
Patrick J. Buchanan, on his blawg.
Meg
Was it Abraham Lincoln? Probably showing my ignorance. . .
Tony
Pat Buchanan in his most recent column.
Steve Nicoloso
Sounds like Hillary. But that’s probably wrong. I’ll bet it was one of the “good guys”, whose image now (like most good guys) will be irreparably marred in my mind….
Steve Nicoloso
But the more I think about it… I think it is about right. That America doesn’t happen to be an “extended family”, and never less so than now, means merely that America is not (and perhaps never was) a nation, but rather an empire, which… is about right.
Ah, I googled. Surprisingly unsurprising.
Jeff
When a greater idea is brought into the service of a lesser one, it is always to the detriment of the greater idea. Comparing a family to a nation can only help to further undermine the significance and nature of families. It is a strategy of detachment rather than one of attachment.
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