American Storytellers exists to help weave the American Story back together
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February 13th, 2026 by
katthrynn
Hello everybody, I know it’s been awhile since I posted anything. I want to introduce two new sections and explain a couple of things. I know you, my hundreds of followers... (dirty look from my web guy, FL) ... my dozens of followers ... (dirty look from my editor, Tyna) ... fine. (I shoot a "so there" look at Tyna… Read More
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February 13th, 2026 by
katthrynn
Hello, this is the first entry in our new series on the amendments. We are beginning with the last one and going backward until we reach the first. We are doing it this way because it is often the amendments we know the least which have the greatest influence on our lives. For example, Amendment 16 gives Congress the right… Read More
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February 13th, 2026 by
katthrynn
I got stopped in the school lobby by a student the other day. She asked if I could explain tariffs to her. She had heard some of the national drama going on about tariffs and she wanted to understand it better. I told her I could explain it to her in five minutes. I did and she went to her… Read More
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February 13th, 2026 by
katthrynn
You have probably heard the phrase “Rule of Law” used by journalists, politicians, lawyers and teachers as if everyone knows what it means. And, of course, we all know what the words mean. We know what it means to rule. We know what laws are and we know the word of. But when they are used together as in The… Read More
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May 29th, 2025 by
katthrynn
We finished off last time with the stage set. British soldiers slaughtering Patriots in the street. Parliament squeezing patriot citizens for every penny in taxes. The Patriots stockpiling weapons and ammunition throughout the countryside. All of New England was a powder keg and one fateful night, the fuse was lit... Part Three -The Night of the Ride Which brings us… Read More
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May 28th, 2025 by
katthrynn
Our Story So Far ... Part One LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, “If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a… Read More
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January 14th, 2025 by
Rob Burks
Twenty-one drums and an old bass hornAn' somebody beatin' on a ding-dongCome on over, babyWhole lotta shakin' goin' on! Originally recorded by Big Maybelle, an R&B artist, this Rock and Roll staple has enjoyed recurring popularity ever since. Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On is perhaps the original party-til-you-drop song. On the surface the lyrics are about the singer calling all… Read More
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January 14th, 2025 by
Rob Burks
What can we do about all that corruption? When we left our story, the American political system was awash in corruption. Party bosses grew rich on ‘contributions’ from rich robber barons and the robber barons, or to use the polite term, industrial capitalists were free to abuse their workers, maintain dangerous and toxic workplaces and sell the public poison disguised… Read More
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January 14th, 2025 by
katthrynn
How Did Voting Get So Corrupt? Always & Never. One of the things people say when a change is proposed is “We’ve always done it this way” or its brother objection “We’ve never done it that way.” Both of those words, always and never, are the biggest lies in the English language. Nothing is ‘always’ and few things are ‘never’,… Read More
