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The Enola Gay – A Short Lesson on Generational Chauvinism

Today, August 6th, is the anniversary of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Over the decades since this

06 Aug

I’m rather bemused by the pundits and politicians who are exercising their supposed moral high ground as they chastise Jeff

27 Jul

Sometimes when we think of the past we look at it in a prism. We rarely see the figures or times we’re studying for what they

03 Feb

I’ve given it a lot of thought recently – living life on one’s own terms. I’m not positive I know what that means. In

29 Jan

It’s always at the expense of something else. Always. Each decision we make, each relationship we begin or end, every

25 Jan

In his groundbreaking book The Gulag Archipelago, Alexander Solzhenitsyn explained not only his experiences in the Soviet

01 Dec

There was a time when the Catholic church stood supreme in Europe. To question the papacy, church dogma, or even the faith

11 Nov

Think31 has been saying this for a long time, and has been called partisan, even losing readers because of it. No matter. The

25 Oct

“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of

07 Oct

A.O. Hirschman was an economist as well as political scientist. When it came to political theory, Hirschman was unique in his

10 Jul