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A Terrible Resolve

After the successful Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto, who had been educated in the US and knew well the character of our people, allegedly said “I fear that we have awakened a sleeping giant, and filled it with … Continue reading

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Cut Up the Credit Cards

I remember suffering through the dismal Jimmy Carter economy when I was a kid in about 1979 or 1980, as my step-father’s paving company struggled to survive. (As a side note, there are few better ways to learn about hard … Continue reading

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