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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Jerry Bowyer: May God Shed His Grace on Us
Description: It’s hard to choose, but the part of Trump’s second inauguration that brought a tear to my eye was Carrie Underwood's rendition of “America the Beautiful.” There was a glitch in the audio, and her musical accompaniment cut out. After a period of awkward silence, she did something quintessentially American—she improvised. Where an older, more tired, and more fatalistic society might have just said, “Oh well, the sound isn't working,” she turned to the assembled citizens and said, “Y'all know the words,” and then belted out a beautiful rendition of the classic hymn a cappella, inviting...