Elbow Room

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Commentary

THIS MAY HURT YOUR FEELINGS

A few years ago, I started recognizing—and preaching to others—how profoundly we are influenced by culture. But it still surprises me to realize how blindly I accepted this or that propaganda as a child. The latest moment of clarity dawned on me as I was reading about the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Could this nation ever have been rich AND righteous?

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