Americanism Redux January 9, Your Today, 250 Years Ago, In 1775 A thing happens twice. * * * * * * * (the overnight act) One is first, real and experienced as a direct, right-now, and first-hand fact. "I see that." Two is second, as in reported in viewing (read or watched) or listening (heard) and experienced as indirect and second-hand fact, second-layer fact, … [Read more...]