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Heresy in Denver by Ellis Washington
As I watched the Democratic convention this past week, I also was listening to my favorite radio talk-show host, that fabulous iconoclast and conservative intellectual, Dr. Michael Savage. Admittedly, the news coverage in my view was monolith and unremarkable. ...
Heresy in Denver by Ellis Washington
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