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Daily Archive for January 29th, 2012

Best Piece of Journalism I’ve Read in Years

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2012

This is how I thought news magazine pieces used to be written. If you can spare 20 minutes, please do read Adam Davidson’s outstanding Atlantic piece on modern manufacturing in America. It’s not just about manufacturing (or really much about it). It demonstrates a solid and nuanced understanding of economics, and should be the starting […]

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It’s Only a Problem When “Their Guys” are in Power

Posted in History on Jan 29th, 2012

More from Ralph Raico: Egged on by (Eleanor) Roosevelt, the FBI “began to tap the telephones and open the mail of vocal opponents of FDR’s foreign policy and to monitor anti-intervention rallies.” It “initiated surveillance of several of the president’s prominent congressional critics,” including Senators Burton K. Wheeler and Gerald Nye. The White House and […]

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