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Public Institutions Are Not Socialism

A library is not a command economy. Public goods, democratic accountability, and a mixed-market economy can—and must—coexist.

They Didn’t “Give Us” the World Wars

World wars were launched by aggressors abroad. Wilson and Roosevelt led America into coalitions that helped defeat them. Chronology matters.