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Author: Erik Loomis

Victory Day

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In holidays , world war ii
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On August 8, 2011
Today is Victory Day, a Rhode Island state holiday. The only state to celebrate the day, it commemorates the victory over Japan in World War II. It is a state holiday only, meaning that the university is closed, but the post office is still open....

Jobs Programs for Veterans

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In General
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On August 7, 2011
Obama has called for a (pretty low-level) jobs program that would essentially provide preferential hiring for veterans through tax breaks for businesses. Normally I am opposed to the fetishization of the military. No, just because you are in the military does not make you a...

Robert Ryan

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On August 6, 2011

A great piece on the wonderful Robert Ryan, one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood history. I was actually thinking of writing a series of posts on Ryan myself,.

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