On this Fourth of July -- especially on this Fourth of July -- Woody Guthrie reminds us of the true spirit of America. Here's Woody singing his ballad, as well as Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie with a recent rendition.
America stands on the precipice about to step into a new age just as America did at the beginning of the Gilded Age. What if anything can we learn from the last seismic change in the primary source of energy?
In their statement the clergy of South Berkshire write: “We weep for the refugees who run from terror and we seek to provide a safe harbor for these innocent families caught in the cross-fires. We recognize that responding to hate with hatred and with fear, only fans the fires of enmity among us.”
During World War II in the European theatre, surely the Allied air forces of Britain and America would not have been so barbaric, and imprudent, as the Germans, so as to target civilian populations, all on the bogus precept of weakening enemy morale. Or would they?