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Drafts

Historically it has had real virtues

When my daughter is old enough to ask about Vietnam, my answer to the question “What should we tell our children about Vietnam?” will include many of the points assembled in Bill McCloud’s article. If she asks what I was doing then, I will tell her that I never fought there.

The draft riots of 1863 turned a great city into a living hell.

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