Daily Archives: November 11, 2024

The prescience of H.L. Mencken

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F.

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Message from the ACLU

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pam P.

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Stll There

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary Jane F. Photograph by Peter Ralston [Maine photographer] Titles are very important to me and given recent events I wanted a deeper title for this image…..but I really wanted it to be perfect…..it had to be. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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No, democracy isn’t dead

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Jim deMaine

by Steve Iskeep in Substack My mailbox this week included a note with the subject line, “Democracy Without America.” The writer was sharing a link to an article with a slightly less stark headline, given its punctuation: “Democracy without America?” … Continue reading →

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The history of Veteran’s Day

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Jim deMaine

notes from Heather Cox Richardson In 1918, at the end of four years of World War I’s devastation, leaders negotiated for the guns in Europe to fall silent once and for all on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day … Continue reading →

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A finale?

Posted on November 11, 2024 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mike C.

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