Reposted by Gregory RodriguezBunk @bunkhistory.bsky.social · 16/01/2026www.bunkhistory.org/resources/do... h/t @gregoryrodriguez.bsky.socialbunkhistory.orgThe Constitution is a Political Document, Not a Sacred One.Don't let its universalist language fool you. 101 1
Gregory Rodriguez @gregoryrodriguez.bsky.social · 26/07/2025The U.S. is too big to love. It needs more localism and to rearrange the relationship between regional and national cultures.open.substack.comThe U.S. Has Become the Cultural Equivalent of a Big Box Store. Localism Can Help Americans Feel More at Home.Athens, Georgia 000 0
Gregory Rodriguez @gregoryrodriguez.bsky.social · 19/07/2025The images from California are depressing. The words they come wrapped in sometimes make them all the worse.substack.comIn Defense of Immigrants, Beware the Politics of PityPhotos and videos of masked ICE agents dragging away undocumented immigrants are chilling on multiple levels. 000 0
Gregory Rodriguez @gregoryrodriguez.bsky.social · 06/07/2025I hopped a train to León, Spain, and wrote an essay on America's Constitution. Beneath its inspiring universalist language and heavy mythology, our founding legal framework is--like all constitutions--a political document born of bargains and compromises. And that's not necessarily a bad thing.contra-mundum.comDon't Let the Constitution's Universalist Language Fool You. It's a Political, Not a Sacred Document.Madrid, Spain You know how learning about ancient cultures can give you insights into the mysterious habits of contemporary humans? Well, the same goes for learning about complex modern institutions.... 010 1
Gregory Rodriguez @gregoryrodriguez.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Jimmy Carter feared Americans had chosen the wrong path. "Down that road,” he warned, “lies a mistaken idea of freedom, the right to grasp for ourselves some advantage over others. That path would be one of constant conflict between narrow interests ending in chaos and immobility." We ignored him.contra-mundum.comAmerica Ignored Jimmy Carter at its Own Peril - Contra MundumAtlanta, Georgia One of the many flaws in American governance is that the president is expected to be both chief executive and head of state. There is no division of duties as in Britain between the ... 041 4