Well, it was nice while we had it...
A big majority of Gen Z apparently don't know what it is
that 'Independence Day' is supposed to be commemorating.
Which doesn't exactly bode well for the prospects of *Re-Independence*.

Although if we ever do manage that, maybe it would be a good idea to forgo the empire business and try something like something novel like a democratic constitutional republic.

(My apologies to Thomas Jefferson)

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the citizen long guaranteed by our Constitution, a decent respect to the opinions of humankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to that separation.

(I wrote this a few years ago - 2012 - and even though it's been published before, I think it's more pertinent this primary season than it ever has been. apologies for publishing again.)

(My apologies to Thomas Jefferson)

Hey! Good Evening!

This evening's music features Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush. Enjoy!