Inglorious Fourth

Air temperature 58 F, wind south about 5 mph, fog. Supposed to clear off early, then into the 70s F. Holiday celebration will include dead-heading the peonies and other yard work . . .

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

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There are a lot of extremely tiresome people on the internet. Particular flavors of orthodoxy must be enforced!

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Film on PBS this afternoon, Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine. Something lost in the current outrage is the level of mutual respect between the men who actually faced each other with lead and steel.