Americanism Redux October 15, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 "This is one week I'll never forget..." Are these your words? Thought them to yourself? Said them out loud? Kept them hovering somewhere between the thinking and the saying? Every so often, a week comes along and SMACKS you in the face. The sting feels like it could last forever. … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux–October 15, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux: September 24, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux September 24, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 INTRO VIDEO--WATCH HERE Opposites and extremes. From one end—zip—to the other. We go from cold to hot, gentle rain to torrential downpour, drought to flood, all of this to none of that. This person is the tool of the devil, that person is the gift from God and, heaven … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: September 17, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux September 17, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 First, bang. Then, bang-bang. Now, bangbangbang. That's the pace around you. First, you've got this event you couldn't foresee. Okay. Then, it makes a result you didn't foresee. Sheesh, okay. Now, as you're stretching to pick up the pieces and make sense of some sort … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: September 3, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux September 3, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 WATCH HERE That thing you couldn't imagine? The furthest, farthest, most mind-blowing thing that just wouldn't be part of your day-to-day life? Guess what. Yeah. Now you can't get away from it. Today, September 3, 250 years ago. * * * * * * * Today, wife … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: August 27, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux August 27, Your Today, 250 years ago, in 1776 WATCH HERE A drop began as moisture. Dampness turned to wetness across the surface. Minutes passed and a round shape pooled. Deep and dense enough to move, the drop starts a slow travel of quarter-inches. On your face, the drop creeps down the bridge of your nose and then drips away. That's from the heat, which has … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: August 6, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux August 6, Your Today, 250 years ago, in 1776 WATCH HERE (hearing music) "...Memories may be beautiful and yet what's too painful to remember, we simply choose to forget; so it's the laughter we will remember, whenever we remember, the way we were..." (hearing more music) These are the poignant lyrics of a touching song from 1973. The things remembered are … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: July 9, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux July 9, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 WATCH HERE Nothing freezes in the summer. Except time. Well, we think time freezes in the summer—and also the spring, fall, and winter. That's our habit as our memory freezes a moment or scene in place. Once there, frozen, the slice of time is stuck. Cold. But time doesn't … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: June 18, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux June 18, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 WATCH HERE They're coming together. All the things that had popped up randomly and separately have become part of the same big thing. The moments belong to one mass of force in motion. The hours rush, the days roll, and the size of the present blocks out almost everything else. … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: June 11, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux June 11, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 WATCH NOW The larger group uses a familiar process. Five people, picked from the group, will take up a task as a committee. Ever been part of something like that? What's your advice to the five folks? It's today, 250 years ago, and you're on the new committee within the … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: May 28, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux May 28, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 WATCH HERE Okay, no one remembers. No acknowledgement or gratitude. But, really, who cares? You know what you did. You know that you took an active, bold, and significant step that was substance and symbol all at once. Your presence and your conduct moved things forward and made a … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: April 9, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux April 9, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 WATCH HERE A knot is one thing. A knot made up of hundreds of threads is quite another. It takes patience, time, and great care to do the untangling, the pulling apart and laying aside. Where do you go when you need to sort it all out? What will you need to get it done? And is … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: March 26, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux March 26, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 Every sense you have says the same thing—a big, new reality is all around me. From what I see, hear, smell, and feel, it's true, it's now, and it's going to stay this way. And yet, the thought of applying a label, of giving it a name, seems hard. Yet...it's easy for others. … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: February 26, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux February 26, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 There are times in our lives when we join something and then must disjoin something else. Hope and pain. Construction and destruction. Living and the unlivable. Your life is right now, today, 250 years ago. * * * * * * * (it was greased then) It's almost … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: February 19, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux February 19, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 You know there is something about this moment that needs to be elevated—lifted and raised up with a meaning that captures the hearts and minds of the people who see it, hear it, read it. They'll know what you are wanting them to know. Maybe this is it. You know the audience, … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux–February 12, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux February 12, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 One person says, "I'm right now, in the present." The other person says, "I'm looking ahead, toward the future." Today, this two-person dialogue is about different sides of the same thing. A person is in the war-happening, the war of right now. And a person is in the … [Read more...]
On The 250 River With Dr Dan: Episode 60, The Week Ending January 29, 1776
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Special Podcast: Indiana University Football Championship and the Declaration of Independence
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