Tag: vietnam war
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A Forgotten Fearless Fighter: Senator Stephen Young
Depressed about the election? Looking for a path forward? Consider the example of Ohio Sen. Stephen Young, a fighting liberal who didn’t hesitate to punch back against stupidity and cruelty.
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Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia: Kefauver and the Formosa Crisis
Estes Kefauver died before America got heavily involved in the Vietnam War. But we can envision how he would have reacted based on his reaction to another Asian conflict: the Formosa crisis of 1955.
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Kefauver’s Magical History Tour of Political Ethics
In 1952, Kefauver wrote a scholarly article surveying the history of political ethics in America. How would he feel about where we are today?
