Fascinating bit of history:
BY: Joseph Bottum
August 20, 2016 5:00 am
If New York City had guided the country, America probably would not have rebelled against King George III. For that matter, if New York had set the national tone, the North probably would not have fought the Civil War and the South would have been allowed to secede into the Confederacy. At least since the early 1900s, when New York overtook Boston as the nation’s largest cultural center...
During the Iowa caucuses this year, Ted Cruz was roundly attacked when he mocked Donald Trump for having “New York Values.” And maybe Cruz’s critics were right to remind him of New York’s long history of conservatism and contributions to the Republican cause. But, as Revolution on the Hudson and City of Sedition remind us, New York City has often been a little different from the rest of the nation. A little out of step. A little wrong at moments when it needed to be right.
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