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Conservatives Just Don’t Get It on Discrimination

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2023

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December 20, 2023
Breaking Through to Freedom
The Postal Service is selling a new stamp with the word “FREEDOM” prominently displayed on it. As I purchased a roll of the stamps, it reminded me of my favorite quotation: “None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free” by Johann Goethe. That quotation presents one of the big challenges we face in achieving a genuinely free society. …
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