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Maximilien Robespierre attended the prestigious Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris when he was eleven years old. He was "a model student" and excelled in his scholastic studies, particul ...
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On 18 September 1787, the final day of Philadelphia's Constitutional Convention at Independence Hall, Mrs. Elizabeth Willing Powel asked Dr. Benjamin Franklin a pertinent question: "Well d ...
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On New York's Upper East Side, during a recent January snowstorm, a crisp head of Iceberg lettuce was selling for $1.49 retail. This agricultural and economic miracle speaks to the efficiency an ...
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The year 1890 was eventful in the U.S. Congress. President Benjamin Harrison signed the ostensibly antimonopoly Sherman Act into law on July 2. Then, on October 1, President Harrison signed a tariff b ...
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Over the years the CIA has functioned as a guardian of freedom, a protective shield of U.S. national security (and indirectly the West), while routinely remaining in the background and still catching ...
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"It really is the most terrible, terrible place." My late father's voice, on a small Dictaphone tape, speaks to me clearly down three decades. He made the recording at Auschwitz ...
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Within the framework of our Constitutional Republic, the founding fathers created the Electoral College, which has served our country well for over two centuries. This unique system allows a body of e ...
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In the geopolitical chessboard that is the modern world, the Panama Canal stands as a king, commanding trade routes and symbolizing the might of American engineering prowess. Yet, as we stand at the p ...
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In the formative years of the United States, as the young nation grappled with threats both foreign and domestic, the militia stood as a cornerstone of its security and identity. Far from the caricatu ...
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In 1786, the fledgling United States was struggling under the Articles of Confederation. The central government could not tax, regulate trade, or enter in to treaties as an undivided nation. Something ...
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