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To: epicure who wrote (33136)	1/1/2007 1:21:21 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541962

Thanks. Schlesinger is in rare good form here. His more recent writings had been not up to his past work and I wrote it off to age. And, as a result, made the mistake of not reading his column in the Times this morning. But this one is quite good.

To: epicure who wrote (33136)	1/1/2007 1:41:14 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541962

Excellent article, and well-written. Maybe we need to make it a requirement that our presidential candidates pass an exam on history and philosophy before they can run. Forget being governor for a term. Or create a new position- Secretary of History. Two of them, one from each party, who can say, "ooo, invade another country? Remember when....."