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What Have We Learned

So, what have we learned in the last 2064 years? “The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again...

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History Lesson, Present Tense?

“Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.” ~Cicero Laura and I have resumed our regular schedule now that the holidays are truly over. Our history lesson today, to me, read something like our modern times…. “The transformation of Rome from an Italian city-state to the seat...