Birth Announcement
Born, in the United States of America in the eighth year of the 21st century, of the marriage of Ignorance and Racism: the Notion that the duly elected President is not American-born, and is therefore ineligible for the office which he now holds. Officiating at the birth were the Doctors of Cynicism and the Midwives of Political Opportunism, ably assisted by the Journalistic Establishment of the United States. Puny at birth, the Notion soon grew fat and strong on the poisonous milk of Fear and Hatred. This child’s birth certificate is not in doubt. It is embossed with the unmistakable seal of the Nation’s Founding Flaw, the contradiction between the ideal of Freedom and the reality of Slavery. No shining star or herald angels announced this birth, only the pale glow of electronic screens dispensing Rumor and Innuendo. No Wise Men appeared.
You can read the rest of this essay at the British website The Dabbler. Birth of a Notion