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A Pen Mightier Than The Sword

Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Gulag Archipelago has died at 89. His influence helped foster in the end of the Soviet empire and the dawn of a new age of freedom. His willingness to speak out against the evils of the Soviet system helped forge the moral case against Communism. Nearly every [...]

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Tony Snow

Former White House Press Secretary and commentator Tony Snow has passed away from cancer at the age of 53. Snow was truly one of a kind, someone who could operate in Washington yet never seeming to share in the cynicism that runs through the town. His optimism, his courage in facing cancer, and his amazing [...]

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Farewell George Carlin

Comedy legend George Carlin died at the age of 71. Carlin was one-of-a-kind. Anyone can be raunchy, but Carlin was the rarest combination: raunchy, but smart. His barbs were pointed, and they always hit their target. As he once observed: The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is [...]

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Charlton Heston, RIP

Award-winning actor Charlton Heston passed away yesterday at the age of 84. From Ben Hur to Planet of the Apes, Heston was a Hollywood legend and an actor who could always be counted on to play larger-than-life characters. Not only was he a great actor, but he was a tireless campaigner for human rights, from [...]

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