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Why I put America Last
By United States Semiquincentennial Commission and Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv (per source) - https://manage.america250.orghttps://manage.america250.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/America250-CivicPower-MS-FINAL.pdf, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=150294247 (CHESTERTOWN, MD) – There is this idea that has perniciously infiltrated American society that we are all Americans first. That's about our allegiance to decency, humanity, and morals. We ar
John-Michael (Jean-Michel) Valat De Cordova
2 days ago4 min read


We Won't Let Language Evolve
By Antonio Silveira Illustration by Jean-Michel Valat De Cordova (PORTUGAL) -- In the second week of October 1990 in Lisbon, 24 representatives of every Portuguese-speaking country, except East Timor (which at the time was under Indonesian occupation), would decide the future of the Portuguese language. After a week of negotiation, together they would sign the Portuguese-Language Orthographic Agreement. This agreement, agreed upon by just 24 individuals, would completely rede
John-Michael (Jean-Michel) Valat De Cordova
Apr 63 min read


What happened to Your Party?
2026 UK Elections: The Muted Threat of Your Party Corbyn’s seeming reluctance to found his own political party last September — having to be persuaded by former Labour MP Zarah Sultana — may be seeping into Your Party’s campaign ahead of the upcoming May 2026 UK elections. The party has endured a difficult first half-year: internal policy and leadership disputes, boycotted conferences, multiple MPs defecting, and a rival socialist party in the Greens surging in the polls. The
Lucy Lydekker
Apr 53 min read


Pulitzer-Prize Winner Jericho Brown Inspires Laughter, Tears, and Joy at 17th Robert Price Poetry Festival
Pulitzer prize winner and MacArthur Genius grant recipient Prof. Jericho Brown reading selected works at the 17th Annual Robert E. Price Poetry Festival to an audience in Chestertown, MD (CHESTERTOWN, MD) – Last Saturday night, the MacArthur Genius Grant Recipient and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown inspired tears, laughter, and love at his reading of a collection of his own poetry during the 17th Annual Robert E. Price Poetry Festival. During a Q&A session after he
John-Michael (Jean-Michel) Valat De Cordova
Apr 23 min read
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