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Paul Jacob has a lot to say about the big stories of the week. Groundhog’s Day is NOT the biggest story. But it is a way to end on a high note.

This Week in Common Sense, Jan. 27-32, 2020.

Initiative, Referendum and Recall (refresh for more)

Democracy on the Sly
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The Great Faction
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Two Pols vs. the People
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The 6 Percent Solution
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Corruption, Arkansas-Style
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Biden Under the Bed
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A Faulty Gun Report
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Today in Freedom

On April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began when the “shot heard around the world” was fired between the 700 British troops on a mission to capture Patriot leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock and to seize a Patriot arsenal and the 77 armed minutemen under Captain John Parker waiting for them on the Lexington town green. The Battle of Lexington ended with eight Americans killed and ten wounded, along with one wounded British soldier.

In Concord, a couple of hours later, British troops were encircled by hundreds of armed Patriots. The British commander ordered his men to return to Boston without directly engaging the Americans, but on the 16-mile journey they were constantly attacked by Patriot marksmen firing at them Indian-style from behind trees, rocks, and stone walls. By the time the British reached the safety of Boston, nearly 300 soldiers had been killed, wounded, or were missing in action. The Patriots suffered fewer than 100 casualties.

On April 19, 1782, John Adams secured the Dutch Republic’s recognition of the United States as an independent government.

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The Solution is Simple. . .
Elections matter, after all. In fact, these days they matter too …
“I’ve Got a Plan for That.”
“If you start from a belief that the most knowledgeable …
Edmund Burke – “The people never give up their liberties but…”
“The people never give up their liberties but under some …
Protesting the Nazis in Munich, in 1943
A brother-and-sister team of anti-Nazi activists were arrested on this …
What Kind of a Socialist is Bernie?
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William Graham Sumner

The Revolution Begins

Brussels Conference Squelched

Less Oversight?

Supermarket Slavery

What Pfizer Pfolks Got

Electric Class Warfare