Americanism Redux January 22, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1776 Sheesh, this is hard, everything is hard. It's cold, and nothing works smoothly in the cold. It's dark longer and even when the sun's out, the light is dim, thin, and weirdly unwarming. It's colorless, nothing but browns and tans. Dawn to dusk and moonlight to blacked-out stars, it's an uphill slog and a downcast mood. … [Read more...]