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The World Cup and America 250, by Austin Ruse – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine, June 26, 2026

Austin Ruse is a contributing editor to Crisis Magazine. He is president of the Center for Family and Human Rights in New York and Washington DC. He is the author of several books including,  Under Siege: No Finer Time to be a Faithful Catholic (Crisis Publications). He can be reached at austinruse@c-fam.org.

 

What we have seen these past weeks is a veritable love fest between Europeans and Americans and a grand reopening of the European mind about almost all things America.

RuseThe White House cage fights, the military flyover, and the bald eagle were quite remarkable spectacles on the South Lawn the other day, especially as they laid down a working-class marker on America 250. Various fancy-pants tut-tutted, and all the better they did. Remember, Abe Lincoln went in for ear-biting-eye-gouging rasslin’. These are our roots.

There are more spectacles coming, the cornier the better. The Great American State Fair down on the Mall is going to be terrific, and we hear at least one of our more sissified states might now show up. All the better. There will be tons of beautiful and gaudy military flyovers. And the fireworks on Independence Day will be the biggest in the history of the world. One hopes there are hometown parades all across this country. …

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