Charlie Brown

The American Story by Christopher Flannery

Oct 4, 202208:09Society & Culture

There is more of Charlie Brown in most of us than there is Abraham Lincoln or Michael Jordan. We identify with his failures and suffer with him. But it isn't just his failures. Charlie Brown is resilient. He never quits....

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