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> Polk invaded Mexico in 1846 to grab California and Texas and everything in between. Lincoln waged war upon the Southern states in 1861 to prevent the South from withdrawing peacefully from the Union. McKinley provoked Spain in 1898 so he could grab Cuba, Hawaii, and the Philippines. Wilson administered

"Smile five times a day at someone you don't really want to smile at--do it for peace." Mother Teresa Happy Advent. Remember: It's a time of mortification. But in mortification, there is joy.

D.W. By chance, I watched three Denzel Washington movies earlier this month: The Book of Eli, Unstoppable, and Man on Fire. I recommend all three. None were great, but they're very good (Unstoppable the weakest of the three) , and I really enjoyed Denzel Washington. I did a

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. My holiday season didn't start very well. I wrecked my vehicle and, in the process, took out a fire hydrant. The officer was very nice about it and nobody was hurt (I was only going about 15 miles an hour), but I was at fault.

“In announcing the change of editors, Mencken called Hazlitt the 'only competent critic of the arts that I have heard of who was at the same time a competent economist,' as well as 'one of the few economists in human history who could really write.'"

"The virtue of fortitude leads us to be patient when unpleasant things happen and we are given bad news. It leads us to be patient in dealing with the obstacles that each day brings with it." Francis Fernandez

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It's Not Just the Shortest Month of the Year I think black history month would do better if it promoted more stuff like this: biography of John Mitchell, the "Fighting Negro Editor" of the Richmond Planet [http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2010-07/Richmond.html] at