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Social media debate is healthy

The year is 1968. The United States is in turmoil. There is strong disagreement over the Vietnam War, Civil Rights debates are in full swing, Robert Kennedy was recently assassinated, and Lyndon Johnson has chosen not to seek re-election. The Democrat primary is approaching. And ABC is about to be outdone by its two larger […]

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‘Coolidge’ – we need more Silent Cals

Amity Schlaes has done a great service to the United States of America with her biography on Calvin Coolidge. We often know much more about the history of war than the history of peace. And we often read more of leaders who try to make a name for themselves rather than leaders who strive to […]