Leave me alone

Thomas Jefferson advised Americans to "love your neighbor as yourself, and your country more than yourself."

Nonetheless, America's love affair with rugged individualism continues, as Joannie Fischer's brief history of the concept attests.

.: Posted by Duane Bidwell on Thursday, July 01, 2004

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Celebrating the thunder at the heart of the universe, Spondizo explores pastoral theology, spiritual formation, and the vocation of caring for each other and the whole of creation.

The site is written and published by Duane R. Bidwell, Ph.D.

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