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A Time for Choosing
Plus: Calvin Coolidge, Andrew Mellon, and the central planning of dairy cows.
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Happy Memorial Day
War is profoundly anti-Republican event.
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What Passover Means to America
A special dispatch for Erev Pesach.
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The (Limited) Case for Executive Authority
Plus: Adam Smith writes about the knowledge problem, an escaped slave finds freedom, and singing Texas Jews.
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Reflections on the Revolution in Conservatism
Plus: Rare praise for Thomas Jefferson, a rosy assessment of Schumann, and, well, a failure to make a proper ending...
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The Old West Lives Yet
Plus: Cicero, a naval glee club, and unprofitable treason.
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Some Thoughts on the Three New Deals
Plus: How malleable is the clay?, David Phelps' best Db, and marginal beliefs.
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