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While listening to The Peloponnesian War translated by Benjamin Jowett and narrated by Charlton Griffin, I was puzzled by the way dates descended as time advanced. The dates were recalculated to reference a marking event more familiar to modern listeners (Anno Domini). My question: What was the marking event Thucydides used in his original?

Dear Dr. Charles Krauthammer:Today you likened President Trump to Vladimir Lenin, in that both used the expression “enemy of the people”, a grotesque smear. In order to get there you overlooked a huge distinction: Trump is telling the truth and Lenin was lying. Trump is defending himself from lies; Lenin was excusing himself from murders. You invalidate your analysis by omitting critical distinctions. By being nasty to Trump, you make yourself small. The entrenched establishment (of which you are a member), not only made the Trump Presidency possible, but also made it necessary. Why don’t you get on the constructive...

Dear Representative Jason Chaffetz: It’s been reported that you have called for the Office of Government Ethics to review Kellyanne Conway's endorsement of Ivanka Trump's brand. Her ethics violation is deminimus and she won’t offend again, obviously. Your overreaction is far more offensive than her faux pas. You are aware that virtually all of the Democrat party is indulging itself in an irrational hatred of all things Trump. Your reaction to Kellyanne’s mistake serves to validate their hatred and encourage it. SO DON’T.

Oral argument was heard today in the SCOTUS in the case of Zubik v Burwell. Obama Care regulations are forcing the Little Sisters of the Poor to be complicit in providing abortion inducing contraceptives to their employees. This is profoundly offensive to the Sisters religious beliefs. They are asking for reiief from these obligations. Justice Stephen Breyer said “a religious person living in society may have to accept all kinds of things that are just terrible for him.” The example Breyer uses is the forcing of Quakers to pay taxes which in part pay tor a war which is objectionable...

An Open Memo To Lou Dobbs As CEO, Tim Cooks obligation is to execute the corporate mission. Briefly stated, a corporation must deliver product to customers and return on investment to shareholders. It is not his job to make the nation secure from geo-political terrorism. Your suggestion that Mr. Cook will be culpable when another attack occurs was a stinking cheap shot. Obama has the job of making us secure and is failing us. Today on the sister network Fox News Channel, Obama was heard calling for improved cyber security. Do you see an irony? By resisting encroachment by the...

Today on FNC Special Report George Will said Dr. Carson acted inappropriately to “Lecture” the President about Obamacare. This is typical of an establishment pundit. Has Will not heard of Constitutional rights of free speech and petition for redress of grievances? Let’s remember some things about Obamacare. It is legislation of the purest partisan sort. There were no Republicans who agreed with it. The procedure of its’ passage was tortured. CSPAN and Republicans locked out of the committee room. Deemed by the SCOTUS to be a tax bill, it nevertheless originated in the Senate ignoring the Constitutional requirement that revenue...

Today Chris Wallace was at his partisan worst when he repeatedly asked Rubio an argumentative and moot question in an obvious and sustained effort to make him (Rubio) visibly angry. Good for Rubio that he didn’t take the bait. The question is “Knowing that WMD didn’t exist, was it a mistake for GWB to go to war in Iraq (Gulf II)?”. The question is based on a false premise. We know Sadam had WMD because he used it on Iranians and the Kurds. Media types fixate on the idea that large quantities were not found in the aftermath of Gulf...

Behavior of national Republicans and many conservative pundits toward Representative Todd Akin betokens a cowardice that I haven't seen before. This cowardice demoralizes the base and encourages the Democrat smear machine far more than Akin's gaffe ever could. It's time Republicans returned to lucidity and remember who the real adversary is. Akin has withdrawn the statement and apologized. Akin is a good, pro-life Republican. These are important mitigations which are overlooked or worse ignored by Akin's assailants. If Akin's critics would defend him, the situation would be a great deal more constructive than what obtains currently. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eleventh_Commandment_(Ronald_Reagan) "Thou shalt not...

Schedule is part one Sunday Aug 21 at 9pm eastern for two hours and concluding Monday Aug 22 at 9pm for two additional hours. FReepers should check their local listings.INSIDE 9/11

Schedule is part one Sunday Aug 21 at 9pm eastern for two hours and concluding Monday Aug 22 at 9pm for two additional hours. FReepers should check their local listings.INSIDE 9/11

My fellow FReepers, I believe President Bush’s economic stimulus package is in trouble. And it is in trouble because Capitol Hill hasn’t heard from us. We all need to call and e-mail our Senators and Representatives with words of support for tax cuts. An e-mail to your hometown newspaper would be useful as well. Make a special mention of tax relief for stock dividends. The liberal propaganda of “tax cuts for the rich” must be countered. Removing the unfair double tax on dividends will stimulate the whole economy. It will reduce the cost of capital and create jobs. Everyone will...

Dear Senator Jean Carnahan:This letter follows a number of phone calls I have made to your St. Louis office and restates my message. I urge you to vigorously support the President’s tax cut plan. Tax cut fairness occurs when the people paying the most tax get the most relief. Senator Daschle and Representative Gephardt have chosen to demagogue the issue in their usual way--class warfare baloney. Listen to your colleague Senator Zell Miller; he closely represents the views of the bulk of the American people on the tax cut plan.

Every FReeper should protect his or her personal computer with Firewall software or use an internet service provider which provides the functional equivalent. Without a firewall any internet user can download your personal files--a major privacy issue.