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Ken Burns’s The War

Posted on June 8, 2011June 8, 2011 Author Glaucon Comment(0)

Further to my previous post, here is a great summary of Ken Burns’s recent documentary “The War”, which is actually worse than his Civil War one.

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When Can We Get Underway, Dammit!

Posted on May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 Author Sean Dempsey

There perhaps is no more apt analogy for our current financial crisis than the USS Titanic. Mr Ismay with his fateful line “when can we get underway, dammit!” embodies current American sentiments like “we can’t let this crisis slow us down,” “how can we fix this?” and “the USA’s banking system is just too robust […]

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On the Price of Corn and Management of the Poor, November 1766

Posted on June 1, 2011June 1, 2011 Author Lysander

Ben Franklin, November 1766 I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I traveled much, and I observed […]

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Get Government OUT of the Marriage Business

Posted on March 27, 2013March 27, 2013 Author Sean Dempsey

Social Right-wingers: Just imagine how you’re all going to look in 40 years… 🙁 Why do we even need the government involved in marriage?!? It has nothing to do with the government and never did. Libertarians advocate for getting the government to stop backing/supporting/granting/licensing ANY type of marriage of any kind – gay, straight, or […]

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