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Remembering Ed Banfield's "The Unheavenly City"

Banfield’s most valuable work describes phenomena we have all recently noticed: the easy transition from student to activist to revolutionary to criminal.

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Ken Burns' Egregious Omission

Ken Burns doesn’t smear the Founders, but he egregiously omits the courage and tireless work it took not only to declare independence, but to fight for it.

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