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Brighten things up with a new America

April 30, 2018April 30, 2018 prorevwp American notes, Ethnic, Money, Politics

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What the hell do we do now?

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 prorevwp American notes

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An alternative 9/11 report

December 19, 2017 prorevwp American notes

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Introduction to “Why Bother?’

December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 prorevwp American notes

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Notes on the end of the First American Republic

December 9, 2017 prorevwp American notes

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Post-First American Republic update

November 12, 2017November 15, 2017 prorevwp American notes, Politics

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A historian’s view of now (written sometime in the future)

May 11, 2016 prorevwp American notes

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Sam Smith

covered Washington under nine presidents, edited the Progressive Review for over 50 years, wrote four books, helped to start six organizations including the national Green Party, the DC Humanities Council and the DC Statehood Party, and played in jazz bands for four decades

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