It may be in my blood

Last updated on: March 4, 2017 at 12:31 pm by Dan Peterson

I Jølster i Norge sldkjflaskjlksljfls — A Wikimedia Commons photograph by Ben Bender, taken in the Jølster region of Norway, not far from where my paternal grandmother grew up.

Are my libertarian leanings genetic?

“The strongest and most important characteristic of the Norwegian people . . . is their love of freedom, which leads them to set their highest priority on individual rights under common law. Since this last trait is the essence of the American ideal, it means that the Norwegian immigrant is already a good American before he even leaves home.”

Ole Edvart Rølvaag (1876-1931), in Omkring fædrearven (Concerning Our Heritage, 1922)

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