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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

America then and now

It's now commonplace for our political and media elites to explicitly renounce the principles of justice which the U.S. long led the world in advocating.

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 09:50 AM

    bamage

    I'm hesitant to ask, but did I get deleted (the sanction/oversight comment)yesterday

    Of course not. At least not deliberately. It's possible it was an accident, but I doubt it. Let me check. There's no deletions for being O/T.

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