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In today's Bible study, I want to teach on the true significance of water baptism in light of Hebraic thought and history, as well as the practice of the early Christian Church.
The Ministry of John the Baptizer
John was called "John the Baptist" – not because he was a member of the Baptist church, nor was he ordained in the Baptist denomination (thank God Christianity wasn't divided into denominations in those days), but because he practiced water baptism as an outward demonstration of a person's repentance from sin and committing their lives to God.
John was a direct male descendant of Aaron, brother of Moses. He was a Kohen (or Cohen) the distinct priestly line of Kohenim that were only permitted to minister in the Old Testament Temple. Although John was raised in traditional Judaism and his father Zachariah (also a Kohan) served as a priest in the Jerusalem temple, John chose not to follow his priestly heritage. It was God's will that John not be contaminated by the corrupt religious system of his day. He was a Nazarite from birth and was filled with the Holy Spirit while still in the womb (Luke 1:15). Instead, he obeyed God's call to be a prophet to the nation of Israel (The prophet Jeremiah was also a Kohenim and expected to serve as a priest after his father, but later became a prophet in obedience to God's calling). But, John was not just a prophet; he was distinguished with the great honor of being the forerunner of Jesus Christ the Messiah.
John's greatness cannot be denied. Every one of the four Gospels begins their account of the ministry of our Lord by recording some of John's words of introduction. Jesus Himself spoke very highly of John in this manner:
"I tell you the truth, among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is" – Matthew 11:11.
Water Baptism in the Early Church
The early church was first comprised of all Jewish believers in Jesus (Yeshua in Aramaic-Hebrew). The first apostles and their growing number of disciples were but one of many Jewish sects at that time (such as the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, etc.) In fact, the first disciples of Jesus did not call themselves "Christians" (only years later was this term coined), but simply followers of "The Way" – a shortened version of "the true way" or "the right way" in comparison to traditional Judaism and other religions. These early believers in Jesus continued to worship in the Jerusalem temple and observe the laws of Judaism.
However, these early followers of The Way differed greatly from other Jewish sects in that they believed that Jesus is the Messiah, that He had died for the remission of our sins (as the Holy Lamb of God), and that His resurrection from the dead ushered in a new age of God's kingdom rule in fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. Everywhere, they preached in Jesus' name and water baptized all new converts into The Way. They grew into a community of believers in Jerusalem devoted to practicing Jesus' teachings, prayer and fellowship.
Water baptism (by full immersion in living water) was not a new concept to Jews. It was actually a common practice in those times. All pious Jews frequently immersed themselves in ritual pools known as "Mikveh's"* to spiritually purify themselves. So the idea of water purification was not foreign to most Jews when John the Baptist came on the scene. They understood his message of repentance from sin and the corresponding outward act of purification by washing and immersion in a pool of water or river.
The Forerunner of Messiah.
John the Baptizer began his prophetic ministry around A.D. 28. His body was lean and hardened by years of solitary desert life. His hair and beard was long and unkempt, and he dressed in a single garment made of rough camel's hair bound by a leather belt. He traveled the land preaching a passionate message: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Many responded to John's call for repentance and spiritual renewal. They would immediately wade out with John into the Jordan River, and he would baptize them as an outward demonstration of death to the old life of sin and resurrection to a new life of righteousness in Christ. Unlike the frequent Jewish Mikveh washings, John's baptism was a one-time event for a renewed people of God.
John was God's true prophet who led the way for the beginning of the Christian Church. Although he admitted that he was not the Messiah, the prophet Isaiah had long ago declared him to be the forerunner of Jesus the Messiah: "[John was] the one crying in the wilderness, making straight the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God" (Isaiah 40:3)
John the Baptizer's prophetic message struck conviction of sin and fear of God's judgment among his hearers, so much so that even the religious Pharisees and Sadducees came to be baptized by him. On one occasion he thundered at these religious leaders, "You brood of snakes! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come! Bear fruit that befits repentance, and do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'…" John dispelled their false sense of security: neither their birthright as Jews nor their religious heritage nor their important leadership positions, would save them from God's wrath to come if they did not open their hearts in true repentance; they were just as spiritually condemned as non-Jews.
Jesus the Messiah was greater than John.
John himself admitted he was not the Messiah, but a humble messenger of God. When questioned about whether he was Elijah, or "The Prophet" (spoken of by Moses in Deuteronomy 18:18-19), he told them "I am not." "I baptize you with water for repentance, but he [Jesus the Messiah] is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire" (Luke 3:16).
At the beginning of Jesus' ministry, He came to the Jordan River to be baptized by John. One day while John was preaching, he saw a figure approaching him and immediately stopped and cried aloud, "This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is mightier that I, for he was before me" (John 1:15) When Jesus asked John to baptize Him, he was astonished and said, "I need to be baptized by You!" But Jesus insisted, "Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness" (Matthew 3:13-14).
So John obeyed Jesus and baptized Him (even though Jesus should be the one baptizing John). As soon as Jesus emerged from the water, everyone saw the heavens open up and the Holy Spirit descend upon Jesus "like a dove" (not an actual dove, but the Spirit's gentle presence), and a voice came from heaven, saying, "You are my beloved Son; with You I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:16).
The Christian Rite of Baptism
John the Baptizer pioneered the rite of water baptism practiced in most Christian churches today. Although certain churches practice a "sprinkling" type of baptism, the correct way has always been by full immersion. The proper manner of baptism as performed by John, the twelve apostles, and the early Christians is the complete dunking method. The penitent sinner should acknowledge his repentance from sin and accept Jesus as his Savior while another believer or minister of God stands beside him or her, and extend God's forgiveness and acceptance into the Christian family. According to Jesus' command, the words should be spoken over the new convert, "I now baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit for the remission of your sins" (Matthew 28:18-19)
When I was a baby I was baptized by a Roman Catholic priest with the sprinkling of water on my forehead. But after I left the Roman Catholic Church and became a Born-Again Christian, I was baptized again. This second time it was by full immersion in a pool of water – just as Jesus and His disciples did.
If you have accepted Jesus the Messiah as your Savior and Lord and have never been water baptized (by full immersion), it's time that you did so. You can be water baptized in a church baptismal, a swimming pool, a river, or even a spa – as long as you do it prayerfully with a repented heart towards God. Make sure you are able to go completely under the water; that's how true believers have done it from the very beginning of the Christian church.
If water baptism was important to Jesus, it should be important to us. Don't keep putting it off. I know God will bless you in a special way for honoring His Word.
– Luis Josephus


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'Piece By Piece' will be released as the next single from Anna Calvi's critically acclaimed second album, One Breath, on 31st March 2014. 'Piece By Piece' sees Anna's singular voice and virtuoso guitar-playing experimenting with new unfamiliar sound palettes and rhythms resulting in a very contemporary, unique track.
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rkt's execution of pods is divided roughly into three separate stages:
This separation of concerns is reflected in the file-system and layout of the composite image prepared by stage0:
rkt executable, and the pod manifest created at
stage1.aci, made available at
/var/lib/rkt/pods/run/$uuid/stage1 by
rkt run.
$app.aci, made available at
/var/lib/rkt/pods/run/$uuid/stage1/rootfs/opt/stage2/$appname by
rkt run, where
$appname is the name of the app in the pod manifest.
The stage1 implementation is what creates the execution environment for the contained applications.
This occurs via entrypoints from stage0 on behalf of
rkt run and
rkt enter.
These entrypoints are executable programs located via annotations from within the stage1 ACI manifest, and executed from within the stage1 of a given pod at
Stage2 is the deployed application image. Stage1 is the vehicle for getting there from stage0. For any given pod instance, stage1 may be replaced by a completely different implementation. This allows users to employ different containment strategies on the same host running the same interchangeable ACIs.
/var/lib/rkt/pods/prepare/$uuid, acquiring an exclusive advisory lock on the directory.
Upon a successful preparation, the directory will be renamed to
coreos.com/rkt/stage1/run entrypoint via annotations found within
It is the responsibility of this entrypoint to consume the pod manifest and execute the constituent apps in the appropriate environments as specified by the pod manifest.
The environment variable
RKT_LOCK_FD contains the file descriptor number of the open directory handle for
It is necessary that stage1 leave this file descriptor open and in its locked state for the duration of the
rkt run.
In the bundled rkt stage1 which includes systemd-nspawn and systemd, the entrypoint is a static Go program found at
/init within the stage1 ACI rootfs.
The majority of its execution entails generating a systemd-nspawn argument list and writing systemd unit files for the constituent apps before executing systemd-nspawn.
Systemd-nspawn then boots the stage1 systemd with the just-written unit files for launching the contained apps.
/init program's primary job is translating a pod manifest to systemd-nspawn systemd.services.
An alternative stage1 could forego systemd-nspawn and systemd altogether, or retain these and introduce something like novm or qemu-kvm for greater isolation by first starting a VM.
All that is required is an executable at the place indicated by the
coreos.com/rkt/stage1/run entrypoint that knows how to apply the pod manifest and prepared ACI file-systems.
The resolved entrypoint must inform rkt of its PID for the benefit of
rkt enter.
Stage1 implementors have two options for doing so; only one must be implemented:
/var/lib/rkt/pods/run/$uuid/pid: the PID of the process that will be given to the "enter" entrypoint.
/var/lib/rkt/pods/run/$uuid/ppid: the PID of the parent of the process that will be given to the "enter" entrypoint. That parent process must have exactly one child process.
The entrypoint of a stage1 may also optionally inform rkt of the "pod cgroup", the
name=systemd cgroup the pod's applications are expected to reside under, via the
subcgroup file. If this file is written, it must be written before the
pid or
ppid files are written. This information is useful for any external monitoring system that wishes to reliably link a given cgroup to its associated rkt pod. The file should be written in the pod directory at
The file's contents should be a text string, for example of the form
machine-rkt\xuuid.scope, which will match the control in the cgroup hierarchy of the
ppid or
pid of the pod.
Any stage1 that supports and expects machined registration to occur will likely want to write such a file.
--debug to activate debugging
--net[=$NET1,$NET2,...] to configure the creation of a contained network.
See the rkt networking documentation for details.
--mds-token=$TOKEN passes the auth token to the apps via
AC_METADATA_URL env var
--interactive to run a pod interactively, that is, pass standard input to the application (only for pods with one application)
--local-config=$PATH to override the local configuration directory
--private-users=$SHIFT to define a UID/GID shift when using user namespaces. SHIFT is a two-value colon-separated parameter, the first value is the host UID to assign to the container and the second one is the number of host UIDs to assign.
--mutable activates a mutable environment in stage1. If the stage1 image manifest has no
app entrypoint annotations declared, this flag will be unset to retain backwards compatibility.
--hostname=$HOSTNAME configures the host name of the pod. If empty, it will be "rkt-$PODUUID".
--disable-capabilities-restriction gives all capabilities to apps (overrides
retain-set and
--disable-paths disables inaccessible and read-only paths (such as
--disable-seccomp disables seccomp (overrides
retain-set and
--dns-conf-mode=resolv=(host|stage0|none|default),hosts=(host|stage0|default): Configures how the stage1 should set up
the DNS configuration files
/etc/resolv.conf and
/etc/hosts. For all,
host means to bind-mount the host's
version of that file.
none means the stage1 should not create it.
stage0 means the stage0 has created an entry
in the stage1's rootfs, which should be exposed in the apps.
default means the standard behavior, which for
resolv.conf is to create /etc/rkt-resolv.conf iff a CNI plugin specifies it, and for
hosts is to create
a fallback if the app does not provide it.
This interface version is not yet finalized, thus marked as experimental.
--mutable to run a mutable pod
coreos.com/rkt/stage1/enter entrypoint via annotations found within
In the bundled rkt stage1, the entrypoint is a statically-linked C program found at
/enter within the stage1 ACI rootfs.
This program enters the namespaces of the systemd-nspawn container's PID 1 before executing the
/enterexec program.
enterexec then
chroots into the ACI's rootfs, loading the application and its environment.
An alternative stage1 would need to do whatever is appropriate for entering the application environment created by its own
coreos.com/rkt/stage1/run entrypoint.
--pid=$PID passes the PID of the process that is PID 1 in the container.
rkt finds that PID by one of the two supported methods described in the
rkt run section.
--appname=$NAME passes the app name of the specific application to enter.
The gc entrypoint deals with garbage collecting resources allocated by stage1. For example, it removes the network namespace of a pod.
--debug to activate debugging
--local-config: The rkt configuration directory - defaults to
/etc/rkt if not supplied.
The optional stop entrypoint initiates an orderly shutdown of stage1.
In the bundled rkt stage 1, the entrypoint is sending SIGTERM signal to systemd-nspawn. For kvm flavor, it is calling
systemctl halt on the container (through SSH).
--force to force the stopping of the pod. E.g. in the bundled rkt stage 1, stop sends SIGKILL
Some entrypoints need to perform actions in the context of stage1 or stage2. As such they need to cross stage boundaries (thus the name) and depend on the
enter entrypoint existence. All crossing entrypoints receive additional options for entering via the following environmental flags:
RKT_STAGE1_ENTERCMD specify the command to be called to enter a stage1 or a stage2 environment
RKT_STAGE1_ENTERPID specify the PID of the stage1 to enter
RKT_STAGE1_ENTERAPP optionally specify the application name of the stage2 to enter
(Experimental, to be stabilized in version 5)
This is a crossing entrypoint.
--app application name
--debug to activate debugging
--uuid UUID of the pod
--disable-capabilities-restriction gives all capabilities to apps (overrides
retain-set and
--disable-paths disables inaccessible and read-only paths (such as
--disable-seccomp disables seccomp (overrides
retain-set and
--private-users=$SHIFT to define a UID/GID shift when using user namespaces. SHIFT is a two-value colon-separated parameter, the first value is the host UID to assign to the container and the second one is the number of host UIDs to assign.
(Experimental, to be stabilized in version 5)
This is a crossing entrypoint.
--app application name
--debug to activate debugging
(Experimental, to be stabilized in version 5)
This is a crossing entrypoint.
--app application name
--debug to activate debugging
(Experimental, to be stabilized in version 5)
This is a crossing entrypoint.
--app application name
--debug to activate debugging
(Experimental, to be stabilized in version 5)
This is a crossing entrypoint.
--action action to perform (
custom-attach or
--app application name
--debug to activate debugging
--tty-in whether to attach TTY input (
true or
--tty-out whether to attach TTY output (
true or
--stdin whether to attach stdin (
true or
--stdout whether to attach stdout (
true or
--stderr whether to attach stderr (
true or
The stage1 command line interface is versioned using an annotation with the name
If the annotation is not present, rkt assumes the version is 1.
"acKind": "ImageManifest",
"acVersion": "0.8.9",
"name": "foo.com/rkt/stage1",
"labels": [
"name": "version",
"value": "0.0.1"
"name": "arch",
"value": "amd64"
"name": "os",
"value": "linux"
"annotations": [
"name": "coreos.com/rkt/stage1/run",
"value": "/ex/run"
"name": "coreos.com/rkt/stage1/enter",
"value": "/ex/enter"
"name": "coreos.com/rkt/stage1/gc",
"value": "/ex/gc"
"name": "coreos.com/rkt/stage1/stop",
"value": "/ex/stop"
"name": "coreos.com/rkt/stage1/interface-version",
"value": "2"
Pods and applications can be annotated at runtime to signal support for specific features.
Stage1 images can support mutable pod environments, where, once a pod has been started, applications can be added/started/stopped/removed while the actual pod is running. This information is persisted at runtime in the pod manifest using the
coreos.com/rkt/stage1/mutable annotation.
If the annotation is not present,
false is assumed.
Stage1 images can support attachable applications, where I/O and TTY from each applications can be dynamically redirected and attached to. In that case, this information is persisted at runtime in each application manifest using the following annotations:
The following paths are reserved for the stage1 image, and they will be populated at runtime. When creating a stage1 image, developers SHOULD NOT use these paths to store content in the image's filesystem.
This directory path is used for extracting the ACI of every app in the pod.
Each app's rootfs will appear under this directory,
This directory path is used for storing the apps' exit statuses.
For example, if an app named
foo exits with status =
42, stage1 should write
Later the exit status can be retrieved and shown by
rkt status $uuid.
This directory path is used for passing environment variables to each app.
For example, environment variables for an app named
foo will be stored in
This directory path is used for TTY and streaming attach helper.
When attach mode is enabled each application will have a
rkt/iottymux/$appname/ directory, used by the I/O and TTY mux sidecar.
This path is used by the pod supervisor to signal its readiness.
Once the supervisor in the pod has reached its ready state, it MUST write a
rkt/supervisor-status -> ready symlink.
A symlink missing or pointing to a different target means that the pod supervisor is not ready.


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32 charged in N.Y. Mob trash-hauling probe
- Suspects were arrested in an early-morning raids
- Retired state trooper among suspects
- Reputed Mob associate ordered to pay %241 million bond
NEW YORK -- Reputed Genovese family associate Carmine "Papa Smurf" Franco and a recently retired state trooper were among 32 people indicted on federal charges Wednesday after a four-year investigation into organized crime's influence on the trash carting industry in the New York metro area.
The trooper, Mario Velez, a 20-year-veteran and is a former high school resource officer, is facing two extortion charges with Pasquale P. Cartalemi Jr., 50, and his son Pasquale L. Cartalemi, 27, of Cortlandt. They are accused of forcing a trash hauler to turn over his business to them in the fall of 2011.
Velez, 44, retired in October, under pressure, as the investigation by FBI agents, Westchester, N.Y., and New York City police was under way, a source close to the investigation told The Journal News. Sources said Velez worked with the Cartalemis at their family business, AAA Carting in Peekskill, N.Y.
Andrew McGuire, whom state business records identify as the president of Capital Waste Services in Hawthorne, N.Y., was charged with extortion conspiracy along with Velez and the Cartalemis but not in the alleged shakedown itself. A law enforcement source told the paper that the business Velez and the Cartalemis took over was Capital Waste Services, but the victim of the shakedown was not identified. It was unclear what involvement McGuire had in the company at that time.
Thirty arrests were made during morning raids. Dominick "Pepe" Pietranico, 82, and Pasquale P. Cartalemi Jr. have not yet been arrested but are expected to surrender this week, authorities said.
The arrests involve reputed members and associates of the Genovese, Gambino and Luchese crime families. They are expected to make initial appearances Thursday in federal court in Manhattan on multiple indictments that include charges of racketeering, extortion and loan sharking.
The defendants face prison terms ranging from five to 30 years.
At their arraignments, several suspects were clad in sweatpants, T-shirts, and, in one case, flip-flops. None of the defendants were expected to be held, while most still agreed to put up significant assets in exchange for their release.
Carmine Franco was ordered to post $1 million bond, while several other suspects were required to post lesser amounts, or $75,000 and $100,000 respectively.
They are all expected to enter pleas later, and lawyers for the men did not comment.
The gallery in the courtroom was standing-room only as relatives, lawyers and reporters packed in, and the arraignments stretched well into the evening.
The investigation was the latest effort by federal law enforcement authorities to rid the region's trash industry of the coercive efforts of organized crime.
One such probe in the late 1990s resulted in charges against seven men and 14 companies. Thomas Milo, head of Westchester's biggest firm, Suburban Carting, was imprisoned, and the county took significant steps to regulate the industry.
Five years ago, a similar probe by the U.S. Attorney in Connecticut resulted in 29 arrests in connection to trash routes in Fairfield and Putnam counties. James Galante, owner of more than 20 companies, was sentenced to 87 months in prison and forced to give up his 20 companies. Milo was accused of being Galante's silent partner in the case and pleaded guilty, serving another term in federal prison.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said that in the latest case, "organized crime insinuated itself into the waste disposal industry throughout a vast swath of counties in New York and New Jersey, and the tactics they used to exert and maintain their control come right out of the mafia playbook -- extortion, intimidation, and threats of violence."
Carmine Franco, 77, a former West Nyack, N.Y., resident now living in Ramsey, N.J., once ran the beleaguered Ramapo town landfill and was banned from the trash business in New Jersey in the late 1990s after pleading guilty to illegally transferring garbage from Bergen County out of state. He was sentenced to nine months in jail, and he and companies under his control had to pay $11.5 million in penalties. Franco was among the defendants who agreed to pay a $4.7 million settlement in 1995 for the dumping of hazardous material years earlier at the Ramapo landfill.
Franco and 11 others are charged with engaging in racketeering to control various businesses in what the feds call the waste disposal enterprise.
Carmine Franco, Anthony Pucciarello, Howard Ross, Anthony Cardinalle, Peter Leconte, Frank Oliver, Charles Giustra, Pietranico, Sarcinella, William Cali, Scott Fappiano and Anthony Bazzini are alleged to be leaders and members of the enterprise who committed crimes to enhance its power, enrich members and keep victims and citizens in fear by threatening economic and physical harm, federal authorities said.
They contend that those defendants had either been banned from the carting industry or knew their Mob ties would make it impossible to get licenses to work in the business. But they were able to control trash-hauling businesses that were officially run by legitimate owners by dictating the spots where they could pick up garbage and by demanding payments for protection by organized crime, according to the indictment.
They are alleged to have defrauded customers and stolen property from competitors.
An additional 17 defendants are charged with various illegal activities in the waste-hauling industry, including extortion, mail and wire-fraud conspiracy, and interstate transportation of stolen property. Three New York City men were named in two related indictments, but those charges did not involve the carting industry.
Contributing: Journal News reporter Erik Shilling


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SAMUELSON: Contentious politics in U.S. nothing new
WASHINGTON – Historian Gordon Wood's splendid "Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815," is an ideal companion for this July 4th weekend because it reminds us of the great continuities in our politics and national condition.
Dynamic social and economic change, concern for the middle class, poisonous politics, bad policies, flawed leaders — they were all there two centuries ago, just as now. There's a lesson here, though perhaps not the one you suspect.
Dynamic change? In 1800, the 5.3 million Americans (nearly a fifth were slaves) had increased by more than a third since 1790. They were moving west at a prodigious pace. Before the Revolution, the Kentucky territory had few settlers; by 1800, the state of Kentucky (1792) had 220,000. Americans uprooted often (sometimes six or seven times, reports Wood) and routinely occupied land they didn't own. President George Washington concluded that nothing "short of a Chinese wall, or a line of troops" would stop the squatters.
It wasn't just the law that Americans disregarded. The Revolution, Wood writes, "emboldened many ... to challenge all hierarchy and all distinctions." Many refused to address their employers as "master" or "mistress." Hiring servants was hard, because the unequal status was so glaring. Calling servants "help" obscured this, because it suggested only temporary inferiority. It implied "a sense of independence and a hope of rising in the world," said one minister.
Reinforcing this social leveling were early signs of a middle class. Commentators increasingly referred to "middling sorts" who "could not be classified either as gentlemen or out-and-out commoners," writes Wood. They were successful small farmers, merchants, shopkeepers and artisans. They expected the same respect accorded their economic superiors.
It was not a calm time. The Constitution was untested; boundaries between national and state authority were blurred. "The United States are a young nation," observed Alexander Hamilton. The use of the plural verb, Wood notes, remained widespread until after the Civil War. In 1794, Washington raised an army of 15,000 to put down the Whiskey Rebellion, the refusal by Pennsylvania farmers to pay a federal excise tax on distilled alcohol. This was "the largest incident of armed resistance" to the federal government until the Civil War.
Political rivalries were often raw. Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson — the secretaries of treasury and state in Washington's first Cabinet — detested each other. In 1792, Washington urged them to show "more charity for the opinions and acts of one another." They didn't. Partisan newspapers often specialized in character assassination that would match anything today.
Although the Founders deplored political parties, a party system quickly took root. On the one side were the Federalists of Hamilton and John Adams; they favored a strong government and rule by educated elites. On the other were Jefferson's Republicans, who championed small government, extolled freedom and were more trusting of ordinary voters. ("Empire of liberty" was Jefferson's phrase.) The French Revolution compounded these differences. Republicans saw a triumph of liberty; Federalists feared anarchy and senseless violence.
"Except for the era of the Civil War, the last several years of the 18th century were the most politically contentious in United States history," writes Wood. "As the Federalist and Republican parties furiously attacked each other as enemies of the Constitution ... every aspect of American life became politicized. People who had known one another their whole lives now crossed streets to avoid confrontations." Polarization anyone?
The split caused the Federalist Congress to pass the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, giving the government broad powers to expel foreigners and try anyone for criticizing Congress or the president. This was an atrocious policy that became a permanent stain on Adams' presidency.
Taken at face value, this history seems reassuring. Whatever our present problems and disputes, we've been here before. The American political system is resilient. Conflicts will be resolved. Time is a powerful cure. We have muddled through before; we will again. Though imperfect, the system works.
There is some truth to this — but only some. The larger truth is that the political system doesn't always succeed. It doesn't always resolve conflicts. The Civil War is its biggest failure. Post-World War I isolationism is another. Would a more international America have prevented World War II?
In the 1960s, only the civil rights movement prompted politicians to move against discrimination.
We live in an empire of contention. We disagree about government spending, immigration and America's place in the world, among other things. The democratic dilemma is finding common ground between what's acceptable to the public and what's necessary for the nation, even though what's necessary may not be clear. History's lesson is that the political system remains a permanent work in progress. It can never be taken for granted. Failure is always an option.
Robert Samuelson is a nationally syndicated columnist.