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Chicago Tribune columnist Rex Huppke wrote a piece a few weeks back that pops back into my head almost every day.
The tongue-in-cheek column was a faux obituary written about the death of “Facts.” My favorite line among many good ones states, “Facts is survived by two brothers, Rumor and Innuendo, and a sister, Emphatic Assertion.”
He asked that in lieu of flowers, mourners make a donation to their favorite super Political Action Committee.
I am not sure how shocked Americans are to know President Barack Obama supports same-gender marriages.
But I was shocked when I read news reports about the president’s announcement that Republicans accused Obama of “playing politics.”
Of course he is.
During the Revolution, the American cause depended on volunteers, even if many of them, like Williamsburg carpenter Alexander Hoy, felt they had no choice but to enlist. During the Civil War, both North and South depended on a draft, and that was also the case during World War I, World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. We required citizens to risk their private wealth—their safety, and for many their very life—in service of the nation’s common wealth.
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