On The Robert E. Lee Statue
Patrick Sullivan argues that taking down the statue of General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia will do nothing to advance the cause of racial justice but is likely to make an already tense situation worse.
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Steven Spielberg has done a great service to history with his latest masterpiece, Lincoln
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