The First Country Conquered By Any Dictator

My Mother Gave Me A Ukulele At Age Eight, And I Sang The Popular Tunes Of The Day.

Some Of My Ancestors Were Religious Dissenters Who Came To America Over Three Hundred Years Ago. Others Were Abolitionists In New England In The Eighteen Forties And Fifties.

I Love My Country Very Dearly, And I Greatly Resent The Implication That Some Of The Places I Have Sung And Some Of The People That I Have Known, And Some Of My Opinions, Whether They Are Religious Or Philosophical, Or I Might Be A Vegetarian, Make Me Any Less Of An American.

I'm Not Sure If My Involvement In Causes, Benefits, Marches, And Demonstrations Has Made A Huge Difference, But I Know One Thing: That Involvement Has Connected Me With The Good People: People With The Live Hearts, The Live Eyes, The Live Heads.

Town After Town Has But One Newspaper Or One Radio Station. It Is Often Owned By Murdoch. Yes, We Don't Have As Much Freedom Of The Press As We Think We Have - Although The Traditional Freedom Of Speech Is Strongly Rooted In American Culture.