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I was only 24 then, but 18 of those 24 years had been dedicated to wanting to get to that moment.
I refer, of course, to the debts our nation has amassed for itself over decades of indulgence. It is the new Red Menace, this time consisting of ink. We can debate its origins endlessly and search for villains on ideological grounds, but the reality is pure arithmetic.
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Dr. John, Musician (1940) |
Mary Johnston, Novelist (1870) |
Hugh Kingsmill, Writer (1889) |
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Max Baer, Athlete (1959) |
Richard Carlson, Author (1977) |
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