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TEN YEARS AGO, AN HONORABLE WAR BEGAN WITH WIDE SUPPORT

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  March 19, 2013 Fouad Ajami: Ten Years Ago, an Honorable War Began With Wide Support Now the U.S. has bailed out of Iraq leaving behind little trace. And a strongman is in charge. By FOUAD AJAMI Mr. Ajami is a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution and the author, most recently, of “The Syrian

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THE CHAVEZ LEGACY

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    Chavismo and Us By Mona Charen – March 8, 2013   “One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again.” –Dr. Thomas Sowell The Berlin Wall was demolished by joyful Europeans

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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON – WHY DO SOCIETIES GIVE UP”

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  THE WASHINGTON TIMES HANSON: Why do societies give up? Slicing up a shrinking pie breeds class envy, then ruin By Victor Davis Hanson Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. His new book, “The Savior Generals,” will appear this spring from Bloomsbury Press.   Monday, February 18, 2013

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THOMAS SOWELL – GUNS AND PENSIONS

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  Guns and Pensions By Thomas Sowell – February 19, 2013 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:American warplanes were not updated to match the latest warplanes of Nazi Germany or imperial Japan. After World War II broke out, American soldiers stationed in the Philippines were fighting for their lives using rifles left over from the Spanish-American war,

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN, A GREAT MAN AND A GREAT PRESIDENT

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  The following two articles on Abraham Lincoln give us an insight into the great man and president that he was.   The second article is a quote from his Second Annual Message of December 1, 1862.     February 13, 2013 A Lincolnian Economic Primer for Obama Abe’s approach was to provide rules of the road

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BOOK REVIEW – BLACKLISTED BY HISTORY – THE UNTOLD STORY OF SENATOR JOE MCCARTHY

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  Book Review: Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies – M. Stanton Evans Blacklisted by History, by author M. Stanton Evans, reveals the truth about Senator Joe McCarthy. Joe McCarthy — A Reputation Rescued John

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