https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S2G8jhhUHg John Oliver's excellent takedown of the country's broken primary/caucus/presidential candidate nominating system on Sunday's Last Week Tonight reminded me of a much earlier takedown of the entire political party system by someone who knew a thing or two about politics: George Washington. Here's what he wrote in his farewell to the nation back in 1796, … Continue reading John Oliver & George Washington tag team the party system
“A day of public thanks-giving”
Thanksgiving proclamations issued by George Washington in 1789 and by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 continue to remind us of all we have to be grateful for.
Dustin Tyler Joyce 