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What a wild land for names!
Truth or Consequences! Ypsilanti! Cheesequake! Kalamazoo!
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"God Bless America"
A song by the most grateful of Americans, Irving Berlin.
Jul 4
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"Rejecting 'America' for the Sake of America"
On a political ideology I don't love -- and a country I do.
Jul 3
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Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
A film of courage against overwhelming odds -- and a tribute to a nation at its birth.
Jul 2
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Chicago
America's poet of muscular work and confident youth -- as we draw near the glorious 4th!
Jul 1
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June 2026
He Leadeth Me
On our true homeland, and the Guide to lead us the way.
Jun 30
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COUNTRY
At Word and Song, we begin to celebrate America's sesquicentennial!
Jun 29
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"Tiny Bubbles"
From Hawaii, from Don Ho
Jun 27
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Debra Esolen
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On Teaching Science in School
School science classes should be full of wonder!
Jun 26
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Kim (1950)
An orphan boy in India, a kindly old monk, international espionage -- what more can you want? More Kipling!
Jun 25
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A tailor-bird's song of triumph
A little bird, and a mongoose victorious over a king cobra!
Jun 24
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From Greenland's Icy Mountains
Today's hymn is a call to preach the good news from the poles to the tropics!
Jun 23
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