many are divergences but there is an underlying threatening theme in both. Looking also at the US presidential election in November – now with a new Democratic Candidate – that threat is global. Before discussing that threat we need to name it – ...
This time of festival was evidently the origin of the old "Election" holidays in Massachusetts; the latter occurring at the same period of the year, and being celebrated96 (so long as they could be so) in very much the same way, with games, idleness, merriment of set purpose, and ...