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: May 21, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
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Americanism Redux May 21, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 WATCH HERE Totally human, that's what it is, a totally human response. When all of a sudden, every blood cell, every molecule, and every particle of matter seems dislodged, upended, and sailing through the air, it's totally human to want some kind of framework, a set of principles … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: March 12, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
March 12, 2026 by
Americanism Redux March 12, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 So why are we waiting around? Let's take the final step and make the big jump. It's plain as day to me and the people I know. Why wait longer? It's today, 250 years ago, the week leading up to March 12, 1776 and you are a leader. * * * * * * * (James Warren, and … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: February 26, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
February 26, 2026 by
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 12, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
February 12, 2026 by
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...]
Americanism Redux: February 5, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776
February 5, 2026 by
Americanism Redux February 5, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1776 You don't need to look very high. I'd say about four, five, or six feet ought to do. That's the height of most individual people. And don't look very deep. Simply find the ground or floor beneath their feet. But what you'll really want to do, though, is to know the … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: December 4, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
December 4, 2025 by
Americanism Redux December 4, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 You're holding tight but your grip is slipping. You're standing firm but your footing is slipping. Through your hands and beneath your feet, something has started to slip away. It's today, 250 years ago. * * * * * * * (no one to drive) "Anyone come in answer to … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: November 27, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
November 27, 2025 by
Americanism Redux November 27, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 [I wasn't going to write an entry on our Thanksgiving Day. I changed my mind when I found the letter below, written today 250 years ago, from Abigail Adams to her husband, John. Abigail wrote from outside Boston to John, inside Philadelphia with the rest of the Second Continental … [Read more...]
Episode 52: On The 250 River With Dr Dan–The Top 5 From Nov 20 1775
November 24, 2025 by
From an unnamed writer in the army to a traumatized Catholic priest. It's the Top 5 from 250 years ago and the week before Thanksgiving. And remember, we're a Union before we were a Nation. WATCH HERE … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: October 16, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
October 16, 2025 by
Americanism Redux October 16, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 "Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink..." Samuel Coleridge will write these words in one of his poems in 1798. That was then, and this is now, 250 years ago today, in 1775, a generation before "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Water, water everywhere... * * * … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux–September 25, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
September 26, 2025 by
Americanism Redux September 25, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 Close your eyes. Try to imagine what it will feel like when a leather whip slices and cuts into the skin of your bare back. Thirty-nine times. Will you scream out? Will you cry? Will you curse and spit? It's 250 years ago, today. * * * * * * * (a later version of the … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux–September 4, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
September 5, 2025 by
Americanism Redux September 4, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1775 You've got your assumptions. You're working along those lines, from those predicates built out of assumptions. Two things. First, thing one, way, way out there is an action, a decision, or both that sets in motion stuff which, sooner or later, meets your assumptions. … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: January 24, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775
January 24, 2025 by
Americanism Redux January 24, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775 Two tracks, two lines, two paths. For now, they are apart. They run separate. Day by day, though, they come closer together. They'll touch, join, blend. What happens then? Something will change. One of them will change. * * * * * * * (look for the Phillips family) William Phillips is a merchant in … [Read more...]
Americanism Redux: Your Today, October 31, 250 Years Ago, In 1774
October 31, 2024 by
Americanism Redux October 31, your today, on the journey to the American Founding, 250 years ago, in 1774 Standing in the place we could not have imagined, thinking the thought we vowed would never be known. Halloween, 250 years ago, today. * * * * * * * (where this Word was spoken) Eyes wide open, then blinking hard. Lump in the throat, then swallowing hard. Sitting … [Read more...]
