I just discovered that in 1926, the 4th of July was celebrated on July 5th because the 4th fell on a Sunday. I’ve complained about how even the teeny-tiny towns out here still had the parade on the 4th (not that I enjoy going to the parade) and no one really cared that it was on Sunday. It seems that our country used to be more respectful of the day. That makes me happy, and sad. Happy that people back then were more sensitive. Sad that times have changed so much.
I’m not sure, here’s an article on it. It is interesting though, because the Tea Party tries to be Christian. They espouse Christian values, pray at the beginning of meetings, etc…and sometimes this makes me wonder. I feel like perhaps they are connecting Christianity with politics too much, like they are the new Israelites or something. On the contrary, at our Mises Circle meetings, I don’t try to make it “Christian only” or anything like that, but curiously, we’ve ended up with attendees who have very similar religious views. I don’t know if that has any significance, just an interesting thought.
The age-old question of epistemology applied to the media in this wonderful article.
