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Thomas Mackay

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We can have exactly as many paupers as the country chooses to pay for.

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Rights and Democracy
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Gold Medal Worthy
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What Was I Thinking?
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No Exaggeration Necessary
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?
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The CDC on Self-Defense
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Idaho Foils Foul Harvest
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College Censors Squelched
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Brave New Budgets
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Brussels Conference Squelched
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Dousing the Dumpster Fire
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They’re Called Term Limits
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Dollars and Change
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Electing a Better Way
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Sneaky Lobbyists Prefer Sneakiness
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On April 26, 1777, Sibyl Ludington, aged 16, rode 40 miles to alert American colonial forces to the approach of the British. Her ride was over twice as long as Paul Revere’s more famous effort.

On the same day in 1805, United States Marines captured Derne under the command of First Lieutenant Presley O’Bannon, an important event in the First Barbary War.

In April 26, 1865, Union cavalry troopers cornered John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln, in Virginia, shooting him to death. There was no interrogation.