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The Monroe Doctrine is more important than ever, disavowing it in 2013 was a tragic mistake

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Our adversaries have only gotten more emboldened since Senator John Kerry declared the doctrine dead, making it difficult to see how announcing the United States would no longer oppose foreign meddling in Latin America didn’t encourage them to meddle even more. On December 2, 1823, President James Monroe, only the fifth person to occupy the… Continue reading The Monroe Doctrine is more important than ever, disavowing it in 2013 was a tragic mistake

I am Santa Claus, bringer of joy to millions of children, until they realize I’m not real and a little magic is gone from the world forever, or is it?

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Santa Claus

I have gone through a lot of incarnations over the centuries, from a real life saint to a figure that travels with an accomplice who beats naughty children with stick, but today, I encapsulate the potential for real magic in the world, magic that the lucky among you carry a little of forever.  I am… Continue reading I am Santa Claus, bringer of joy to millions of children, until they realize I’m not real and a little magic is gone from the world forever, or is it?