How Do We Remain Civil And Still Hope To Win An Unending Civil War?

A Piffany About The United States of America's Perpetually Mixed Messages On Freedom, Independence and Progress

The Jefferson Memorial doesn’t get nearly the glory from our culture compared to its nearby National Mall monuments memorializing Lincoln or Washington.

Perhaps that’s a function of both historical comedy (timing!) and real estate (location, location, location). When it opened in 1888, the phallic 555-foot tribute to the legacy of America’s first preside…