tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261667525329617372.post4783400006949070785..comments2023-04-16T13:46:36.282-05:00Comments on Minnesota Humanities Center Blog: Pete Hegseth - How do the Humanities define us as Americans?Minnesota Humanities Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093685268468714458noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261667525329617372.post-35908207399647668822015-01-23T08:47:06.545-06:002015-01-23T08:47:06.545-06:00Peter and Patrcik. Much appreciate your comments. ...Peter and Patrcik. Much appreciate your comments. You both keep alive the fact that we cannot take our democracy for granted. It asks us the question--of paying attenmtion, of acting to keep it and make it betteer. It is flawed and amazing all at once. Thank you both for for helping us see how the humanities are part of the work of democracy. David O'Fallonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261667525329617372.post-2749536017407933792015-01-22T12:19:14.742-06:002015-01-22T12:19:14.742-06:00Being alerted to the question mark at the end come...Being alerted to the question mark at the end comes as a kind of revelation--thank you! But it puts me in mind of the song by Minnesotan (and Saint John's University alumnus) John McCutcheon, based on an essay by novelist Barbara Kingsolver, that I heard McCutcheon perform at the 35th anniversary "A Prairie Home Companion" show that Garrison Keillor staged in Avon, Minnesota, on July 4, 2009. The song is called "Our Flag Was Still There." The text can be accessed at http://george.loper.org/trends/2002/Nov/74.html.<br /><br />And here is the part--"We begin with one question"--that resonates most with this blog post:<br /><br />It's still there<br />Though we might disagree<br />If you are brave<br />In the land of the free<br />We have weathered so much<br />We have traveled so far<br />We are woven together<br />We are spangled with stars<br /><br />So as we take off our caps<br />And as we all rise<br />Put our hands to our hearts<br />As we lift up our eyes<br />We begin with one question<br />We ask, "Oh, say, can you see?"<br />Stand and be strong, believe and belong<br />Be brave and be free.Patrick Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16538941231261989574noreply@blogger.com