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America

American Metaphor

by JHF on November 5, 2009 · 0 comments

in America

Today was just plain forgettable. When my fellow countrymen are moved to equate health care with pictures of piled-up bodies of concentration camp inmates, it gets me thinking of relocating to within a week’s kayak or sailboat journey of our northern border. (Something small, to hide from helicopters…) But maybe I just miss the water, [...]

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Bill Moyers on Health Care

by JHF on September 5, 2009 · 10 comments

in America

Wow. This is good. I have to share this with you. I wonder if you-know-who is listening? What a great job of cutting through the noise and describing how the Big Picture pivots on what’s going down.

I told my wife that Moyers was speaking the language of our fathers: having Uncle Sam in our corner, [...]

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Happy 4th of July

by JHF on July 4, 2009 · 6 comments

in America

Credit to Andrew Sullivan for posting this first, so I could find it. (And thank you, ese, for helping to bring it all back home for me today.)
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Remembering Thedford, Nebraska

by JHF on June 23, 2009 · 2 comments

in America

Actually, I’d rather not — but as long as I’m here…
Our recent road trip to Iowa took us by way of the scenic route through the Nebraska Sand Hills on the way home. There are some beautiful places — certain stretches of the Loup River, for instance, and the mysterious treeless hills that impart a [...]

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