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-Benjamin Franklin
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Fascism Defined
If you look at the back of a Mercury dime, you will see the fasces, a bundle of sticks around an axe (well, you will see it if the coin isn’t too worn, Mercury dimes haven’t been made since 1945). Please note that the dime illustrated has a 1916 date. The word fascism apparently came Read more
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Politics and Demography
One of the unwritten tenets of demography is that the future will belong to those who are there – and the only ways of being there are to be born or to migrate. This chart reflects birth and political stance: Birth rates vary across our nation – I recall a conversation where an attorney, working Read more
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Obesity
Sometimes a photograph and its date does say more than 1000 words. Read more
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Trego – The Years of Change
1960 is the time when I can start to describe details of Trego’s history – the people and the technology. Off and on, from 1960, I was there to see it. On our trip moving up, I was expected to direct Mom to the place – but what is now Ant Flat Road was new, Read more
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Thinking About Venezuela
I’m no expert on international politics or Venezuela – but I have been there once (Hugo Chavez was in charge then, and I was a college professor working with the departments of State and Defense – I was just as happy to be confined to the airplane as the Venezuelans were to order all people Read more
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Mencken – A Century Ago
Trego's Mountain Ear 