What Is the Fourth of July?
Frederick Douglass, on July 4th, 1852:
Fellow citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here today? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? [...]
Gratuitous Video Feed
Marvin Gaye: “The Star-Spangled Banner”
But Some Are More Equal Than Others
Here’s the case of Victor Rita, who like Scooter Libby was convicted of multiple counts of perjury, obstruction of justice and making false statements despite an impressive record of government service (twenty-four years in the Marine Corps, in Rita’s case).
The basic crime in this case concerns two false statements which Victor Rita, the petitioner, made [...]
Another Milestone
Hunter at Daily Kos counts the ways in which this is a bad thing:
It should be noted, for future record, that the President of the United States has just used his power of clemency to sabotage an active criminal investigation into the office of his own Vice President. In some parallel universes, I have heard [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss (Flag Code Edition)
“Most certain you love me not; be rough with me.”
—Two Noble Kinsmen , 3.1.101-2
