Holland however is active. But he does fall into his usual trap: always wanting to see things as “this is where it started.” Here, it’s interesting the way he seems to make the same old mistake of believing that Luther discovered conscience. Not so. It was much talked about for centuries before that.

On the other hand, it is true that Fords have cams (at least functional ones do). Unfortunately, the formulation is “Camford,” not “Fordcam,” so we would have to deal with the cam tumbling over the riverbed.

Why is it never “Camford”?

Great stuff.

Here hanging on the wall of our lakehouse dining room, I have a picture of my immigrant grandparents holding their three year old daughter and one year old son, both of whom they lost in the Spanish Influenza pandemic. They went on to have seven more children, and now as many of their descendants as can gather on July 4 and Thanksgiving, to recognize and celebrate our good fortune at having them come to this great country, and carry on after what had to be incredible heart ache and loss.

Another indication the country won’t survive in its present form

https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/21/hacienda-community-development-oregon-non-citizens-down-payments/

That’s an extremely touching story. Your grandmother sounds wonderful.