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Sean Connery passed away Saturday at the age of 90.

If you are my age, and you think of the Scottish actor, James Bond comes first to mind.

If you are the age of my children, you may think of Indiana Jones in The Last Crusade, or

The Untouchables, a role for which he won an Academy Award. If you are in high

school, you may not know who he was. History works that way. Since the present moment is the only

moment there is, we filter the past through its prism. We remember the way things were in ways

that are true to the way things are, at least for us.

The problem is, there is more than one way to remember the past, because there is more than one

way to experience the present.

How is this fact relevant to tomorrow's election?

Some Americans view our history through the prism of faith. They note statements such as George

Washington's 1796 farewell address, in which he observed, of all the dispositions and habits

which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality, are indispensable supports. For them, tomorrow's election

is about preserving the faith upon which our nation was built and bringing that faith to the challenges

we face today. Other Americans view our history through the prism of secularity. They point to the

founder's failure to eradicate slavery as contradicting

or canceling their faith commitments. They note that the word God nowhere appears in the Constitution.

For them, the election is about charting a new course that will write the wrongs of racial and

economic injustice and protect our nation from the

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