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The Last Word by Marcus Fisk
Checkpoint Charlie: A Cold War Memoir of Freedom and Divided Berlin
Alexandria, VA – “Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free,…
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The Last Word by Marcus Fisk
Steve Allen and the Start of Something Big in Late-Night TV
“…The Start of Something Big…” There’s no controlling the unrolling of your fate, my friend, Who knows what’s written in…
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The Last Word by Marcus Fisk
Anything for a Laugh: The Role of Humor and Satire in American Free Speech
Alexandria, VA – “Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense.” -Mark Twain’s Notebook For 250+ years…
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The Last Word by Marcus Fisk
“Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent”
Alexandria, VA – One thing that most people around the world can say about America – we Americans are the…
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Zebra Misc
The Last Word – A Revolting Color
Alexandria, VA – One wonderful thing about living in France is you always bump into something that you read about…
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The Last Word by Marcus Fisk
George Washington Slept Here, and There, and Over There
Alexandria, VA – Most Alexandrians can’t get enough of George Washington. Alexandria can’t escape his hold on the city, and…
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National Interest
The Last Hurrah: In Memory of the SS United States
Alexandria, VA – Americans have been in love with their maritime history (often in the form of legends) ever since…
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The Last Word by Marcus Fisk
The Last Word – A Christmas Carol
Alexandria, VA – The Christmas holidays have this high value: that they remind Forgetters of the Forgotten, & repair damaged…
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The Last Word by Marcus Fisk
The Last Word – Home Sweet Home
Alexandria, VA – Ahhh, living in France. One evening around 9:00 pm last month, there was a knock at the…
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The Last Word by Marcus Fisk
The Last Word – Taffy 3
Alexandria, VA – It was crisp that night, 24 October 2013, one of those nights when the leaves desperately hang…
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