Thanks Bob. Still working from a laptop with limited access to my research files while the electrician tries to repair damage from a recent lightning storm. Hope to be back to proper office soon, and a more regular writing schedule!
I love this "freedom from" vs "freedom to" distinction.
@Rebecca Nagle's new podcast, First America, does a deep dive into the US Revolution and its goal to give the colonists FREEDOM TO cross the Proclamation Line of 1763 and take the land of the "merciless Indian savages," a point made clear in the Declaration of Independence. I summarized that last year here:
Thanks for all three parts of “Freedom 250,” Brian. I think the third part is one of your best essays.
Thanks Bob. Still working from a laptop with limited access to my research files while the electrician tries to repair damage from a recent lightning storm. Hope to be back to proper office soon, and a more regular writing schedule!
Not too fast! I still have a backlog of reading to clear!
I love this "freedom from" vs "freedom to" distinction.
@Rebecca Nagle's new podcast, First America, does a deep dive into the US Revolution and its goal to give the colonists FREEDOM TO cross the Proclamation Line of 1763 and take the land of the "merciless Indian savages," a point made clear in the Declaration of Independence. I summarized that last year here:
REVELATIONS ABOUT THE REVOLUTION
https://substack.com/@schampton/p-167383383