Tag: inauguration

(15 July 2021) "A house divided against itself cannot stand."   With these words uttered in 1858, the future President Abraham Lincoln warned of the coming US civil war.  Borne of a violent war of independence against Britain, the US was never going to be a mild-mannered country.  The bloody Civil War (1861-1865) seemed to only cement its cultural proclivity for bold action and conflict, if deemed necessary. Nowadays, we can see that the US is becoming an increasingly divided country once again as the two warring political parties appear...