Comments on: Open thread 7/3/2026 https://thenewneo.com/2026/07/03/open-thread-7-3-2026/ A blog about political change, among other things Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:31:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Mike Plaiss https://thenewneo.com/2026/07/03/open-thread-7-3-2026/#comment-2856684 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:31:58 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=150325#comment-2856684 A (Mostly) Happy 250th American Birthday

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-250th-birthday-declaration-of-independence-1776-thomas-jefferson-ec6de87d?st=oyqtNe

In which they quote at length Calvin Coolidge from 100 years ago.

“If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people.”

Just wonderful.

]]> By: Jesse Adair https://thenewneo.com/2026/07/03/open-thread-7-3-2026/#comment-2856679 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:05:17 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=150325#comment-2856679 A life well lived.

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2026/07/03/open-thread-7-3-2026/#comment-2856678 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:04:23 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=150325#comment-2856678 Another gem (not Jim) from neo.

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