Word: patriotism
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...Lucky for you, "American history has never been this much fun!" So promises the cover of "U.S. History for Dummies." The famous how-to series has issued a number of patriotic titles over the last year, devoted to politics, our nation's capital, the Civil War and a new volume covering presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush. They allow the prospective patriot to bone up on the grand saga of the American ideals of freedom and equality, while at the same time keeping track of our original sins through chapter titles such as "fighting the Indians - again...
...Sarah Vowell's newest book, "The Partly Cloudy Patriot," will be published in September
Councillor Marjorie C. Decker, another co-sponsor of the resolution, said that the resolution sent a good signal but did little to actually prevent abridgement of civil liberties under the USA PATRIOT...
Decker said the people with “real courage” were the members of Congress who voted against the USA PATRIOT Act, including Democratic U.S. House members Michael E. Capuano, Barney Frank ’61-’62, James P. McGovern, John W. Olver and John F. Tierney...
...Galluccio added that city council had no legal authority to avoid participation in the USA PATRIOT...