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Sometimes, it's really surprising that the U.S. and Soviet Union did not actually go to war. This story about Soviet paranoia in the face of Reagan's increasing aggressiveness is quite alarming really. A nuclear weapons command exercise by NATO in November 1983 prompted fear in...
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Erik Visits an American Grave (V)

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On November 4, 2015
Below is the grave of one of the great American heroes, Thaddeus Stevens. Stevens hardly needs to be explained to most LGM readers, but briefly, a Whig lawyer who took an anti-slavery position early, he became a leading Republican at the party's outset while representing...
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Sinverguenzas

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On November 4, 2015
Spanish has a useful word, sinverguenza, which is often employed to mean something like "someone so utterly without shame to an extent that cries out for public condemnation." (In addition to not being a noun, "shameless" in English doesn't have anything like the same force)....

Bigotry Triumphs

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On November 3, 2015

Another loss: Houston voters struck down a non-discrimination ballot measure Tuesday, delivering a blow to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights movement that had campaigned heavily for passage. Prop..

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