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A message to NFL football coaches, from a surprising source
Many years ago, I was up in Albany, New York, where the New York Giants then held their pre-season training camp. After the morning session, I was in the office of General Manager George Young while he finished up some … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, George Young, New York Giants, NFL football, Ron Chertow, USS Grant, Vicksburg
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We are still fighting the American Revolution
For quite a while now I’ve been feeling that we’ve moved into the next phase of the American Revolution. Among the previous phases were the original American Revolution, the Civil War, demand for suffrage, the New Deal and the battle … Continue reading
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Tagged "libertarian" capitalism, Abraham Lincoln, American revolution, civil rights, Civil War, Crazy Horse, Declaration of Independence, Fourth of July, George Washington, Independence Day, Mother Jones, Neu Wannsee Conference, Preamble to the Constitution, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Egan
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Guns 1: Can we challenge the NRA?
Yes. How? Like this: Michael Waldman gave us the essence of How To, when he quoted Abraham Lincoln as Lincoln debated slavery: Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed. Consequently he who … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Affordable Care Act, citizen action, Daily News, equal rights, gun control, gun rights, gun violence, Kirsten Gillibrand, Michael Waldman, Neil Gorsuch, New York Times, the NRA
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