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I am not an expert in American History, but I do enjoy reading presidential speeches and documents written by those who had a hand in forming the ideals that framed our constitution. It took over 150 years for the British American Colonies to formulate enough of a national vision to rebel. It was almost another century before the strength of a federal government prevailed (and it almost didn’t). It took another 80 or so years for the United States to emerge as a military and economic power. And here we are in 2023, still fussing with each other to determine just what we are going to be when we grow up.

The arguments that we have differ in the details but tend to revolve around how our government functions and who leads it. Our federalist structure has caused us to continually tug at each other over the power the central government has over the states. We are still trying to figure out how to have fair and free elections that consider both the majority and the minority. Religion, and particularly Calvinist religion and reactions to it, has had a deep and lasting impact on our identity and our education system.