I have had this idea in the back of my head for a long time, that somehow the loss of our common cultural identity in favor of cultural balkanization (blacks vs whites vs La Raza vs Native Americans vs ...) was not merely bad but ultimately fatal, but wasn't able to articulate it. Steve Schippert does a very nice job, here:
http://threatswatch.org/commentary/2008/07/my-country-tis-of-thee/
A Firebrand Scorches Colonial Virginia
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Patrick Henry is known for his fiery oratory in defense of American
independence from Britain. But before he became liberty's firebrand, he
first had to le...
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