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Obama No Boomer
Lakewood, Ohio
Alexander Cockburn is one of my favorites, as are all your columnists. Everybody. But I must take exception to his June 9 column, "From Palmyra to Obama." His take on history is great. Indeed, Palmyra was a victim of the fortunes of the Roman Empire. There is a lesson to be learned. However... We are not Rome. We are America.
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