Jacob Jordaens, “A Merry Company” (ca. 1644)
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An American Creation Story
Note: This article was previously published at 3 Quarks Daily. That version was cited by Andrew Sullivan in his Daily Dish column at The Daily Beast.
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Mangled Presidential Slogans
In the aftermath of Barack Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd critiqued the president by playing with his famous campaign slogan. She wrote: Last time, Obama lifted up the base with his message of hope and change; this time the base lifted up Obama, with the hope he will change. This got me thinking about presidential campaign slogans, which have been a ubiquitous part of American culture for nearly two-hundred years. Normally they are little
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