In 1763, during the siege of Fort Dix by the Delaware, Mingo, and Shawnee nations, American colonists bestowed a parting gift of two winter blankets and one handkerchief on the Delaware's diplomatic delegation. Small-pox infected blankets and handkerchief. The Bush men, elder and Shrub, seem to have a similar sense of how to manage uncomfortable political moments.
America's democracy stands or falls on peaceful transitions of power. We can all be proud of our nation that, after the vitriol of the...
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