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The 100th Anniversary of the Christmas Truce

British and German troops meet in no man’s land. Boxing Day, 1914. Photographed by 2nd Lt Cyril Drummand, RFA. This Christmas marks the 100th anniversary of the spontaneous “Christmas Truce” created by...

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How Much Longer Can the U.S. Economy Bear the Burdens?

Ordinary people, and sometimes experts as well, tend to overreact to short-term economic changes. The current economic malaise in the United States and Europe has brought forth a bevy of commentators...

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Politics Is Not Just Spy versus Spy; It’s also Slogan versus Slogan

For as long as political and ideological movements have sought to engage large followings, they have embraced slogans and catch phrases that give pithy expression to their views, aversions, and...

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U.S. Government Debt Is Now at a Once-Unimaginable Level

Earlier today I was looking through some old records, and I came across a flyer for a symposium in which I participated at Seattle University early in 1990. The flyer announced the symposium topic by...

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It’s Called Recovery, but Where’s the Beef?

Many economists and other analysts have recognized that the recovery from the U.S. economy’s most recent contraction has been unusually weak—weaker, for example, than any other since World War II. But...

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The Power Elite

Women are equal Madeleine lusts for murder Hillary’s on board Uncertain prospect Cheney and Wolfowitz weep ‘Cause peace might break out Mission accomplished Bush II stages a cool stunt Women and kids...

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Another Urban Legend? The Middle Ages Were the “Dark Ages”

As the culture wars intensify in America, let’s consider some of the roots of these contentious conflicts. With the “Age of Enlightenment” of the 17th and 18th centuries, a “modern” narrative was...

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Progressivism: Rhetoric versus Reality

Contemporary supporters of an expanded role for government are increasingly moving away from calling themselves liberals and toward referring to themselves Progressives, so it is worth considering what...

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