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Parable for Today, The Battle of Dorking

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Dorkingwith it’s joke of a name to modern American ears, is a town about 25 miles south of London, England. It started as a Roman Staging post somewhere between 60 and 70AD, and very possibly even earlier. In 1871 Sir George Tomkyns Chesney wrote “The Battle of Dorking,” a short story depicting a successful invasion [...]

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Information Responsibility

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Listening to a rather old episode of the Thomas Jefferson Hour Podcast on the MAX this afternoon, Clay Jenkins who portrays Mr. Jefferson was asked a question “If President Jefferson had an iPod, what would be on it?” While the question was meant in a “What music would President Jefferson listen too?” Clay immediately started [...]

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