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A small town celebration in Texas tell us a lot about what matters to Texans. And, in broader terms, what matters to Americans on the whole. So when the occasion is the Fourth of July, the way [...]

Amon G. Carter used to say, “Fort Worth is where the West begins. Dallas is where the East peters out.” It was a nicely phrased line. Just one problem. That identifier (“Where the West Begins”) [...]