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Introducing Friday's new Patrick Henry column

I first became acquainted with Patrick Henry in the second grade. My frazzled, rather mediocre, teacher linked his name to mine on my report card, in what was meant to be a not altogether flattering manner. “John,” she wrote, “Is most definitely the class’s Patrick Henry.” By this she meant I was a rabble rouser, deeply suspicious of her authority, alwa…