How much thought have you given to the ideas behind the founding of the United States?

[Emmalita]

For the 245th birthday of the USA, Cannonball Read recommends vel veeter's review of Bernard Bailyn's "The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution" from which he learned that the colonists didn't understand the Greek philosophers they quoted. "This is hilarious to me because this is the most American (way of thinking) thing I can possibly think of." Read the full review here.