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Topic: Puritans

An engraved illustration of pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock, with one wearing a MAGA hat. (Photo Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / mikroman6)

Why America is nuts: Blame the Pilgrims

Paul Rosenberg
A 17th-century view of "New Amsterdam," before the British takeover that turned it into New York. (Courtesy of W.W. Norton)

America's fatal division: Not new

Russell Shorto
The first landing of the Pilgrims, 1620. (Getty Images/Bettmann)

Israel and the Puritans: A dark mirror

Jim Sleeper
Pilgrims observing the Anglicans led by Thomas Morton dancing around a Maypole at Mare Mount (Merrymount) settlement, 1628. (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

What was the first banned book?

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
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A protestor holds a placard during the demonstration. Protesters gathered at the state's legislative building to protest various causes such as the Biden inauguration, Covid-19 restriction, vaccine, religious ideas, Qanon, common core education, without a cohesive message, during the first day of the 81st (2021) Session of the Nevada Legislature. (Ty O'Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Right-wing cults: Nothing new in America

Thom Hartmann - Independent Media Institute
Puritans going to church: (Original Caption) "Thanks be to God for winter time! That bore the Mayflower up, To pour amid New England snows the treasures of its cup, To fold them in its icy arms, those sturdy Pilgrim sires, And weld an iron brotherhood around their Christmas fires." - B.F. Taylor. (Bettman Collection/Getty)

Why Puritans cracked down on Christmas

Peter C. Mancall - The Conversation
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Witch hunts persecute powerless women

Bridget Marshall - The Conversation
"The Pilgrims" (PBS)

The only Thanksgiving doc worth a damn

Gabriel Bell
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The enduring scares of "The Witch"

Melissa J. Gismondi - The Conversation
Anya Taylor-Joy in "The Witch" (A24)

America: Nuts from the start!

Andrew O'Hehir
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Down with Thanksgiving!

Cary Tennis
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