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I saw a letter from the Pastor of St. John's Church in St. Louis to his congregation in 1895. Here is an excerpt: St. Louis, March 10...

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Fascinating point from an essay on Lew Rockwell , This is true always and everywhere throughout history – those choosing to live in relati...

The best three hour documentary I've seen recently is The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2010), about Romanian communist dictator ...

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To help avoid recency bias, I like to read old newspaper articles, whether Forbes magazine stories from 1930 or New York Times articles from...