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		<title>The Gettysburg Address 150 Years On</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Crocker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 01:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Old fogyish as it may sound, in my day school children were required to memorize the Gettysburg Address because it&#8217;s a brief catechism in the American religion of liberty. But the two-minute speech definitely got mixed reviews in the press of the day. You see, Lincoln was invited to the dedication of the new National [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lincoln, July Fourth and the Declaration of Independence</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crocker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our &#8216;progressive&#8217; masters have worked overtime to eradicate the Declaration of Independence and its natural law foundations from our national consciousness. The law professors tell us that the Declaration has no bearing on constitutional interpretation and, indeed, it shouldn&#8217;t even figure into our constitutional discussions. This, in spite of the 9th Amendment that recognizes other, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lincoln&#8217;s Greatest Speech</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crocker]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Let us now praise famous men and our fathers who begat us.  Thus said Ben Sirah.  And there is much to praise when it comes to Abraham Lincoln. In honor of Lincoln&#8217;s 200th birthday, let&#8217;s look at a portion of his greatest speech &#8211; a portion usually overlooked by historians. The speech is the Second Inaugural, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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