An economist explores data on injuries, which states ban fireworks and other interesting stats on what President John Adams referred to as ‘illuminations.’
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Every American shoots off almost a pound of fireworks a year, on average, and their growing personal use is causing injuries to climb.
The rule of law can take on different meanings depending whom you ask and where you are – but in the US it pretty much means one thing.
Distrust of the irreligious has been commonplace in the American political discourse from the founding.
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Professor of American History, Università di Torino
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