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The shame of Alaska: vast wealth, but little spent to protect its people

Summary: When urban Americans think of rural life, we often think of Mayberry RFD and placid law-abiding life seen on countless other TV shows. Community values; people who are salt-of-the-Earth, living in Libertarian paradises free of big government. There is a test case of this vision. We call it Alaska. Read these accounts. I hope …

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This day in history – looking at the road America didn’t take

19th century US history is mostly a horror show, but it need not have been so.  As we are reminded by this, reposted from the always-interesting Today in History page of the History Channel’s website: —————– 12 November 1867:  U.S. reconsiders war with Plains Indians After more than a decade of ineffective military campaigns and …

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