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In which Joseph and Isic describe and discuss the unprecedented, brutal attack by the Hamas terrorist organization against Israeli civilians and citizens of at least 7 other nations.

Dedication: This episode is dedicated to the Memory of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. A Sovereign Lady of the United Kingdom and of the British Commonwealth, a worthy successor to her royal forefathers and a great servant of country, her free people and their laws.  
We are all familiar with the Fall of the Roman Republic by the hands of Caesar in 49 BC.
But few people are aware of an earlier attempt to overthrow the Republic in 62 BC, known as the Catiline Plot. 

In this episode we will observe the career of Marcus Tulius Cicero and how he saved the late Roman Republic and secured a modicum of Liberty in the Empire. 
Art: Cicero denounces Catilina, Caesar Maccari, 1889, Fresco. Out of Frame: Catilina sitting isolated. 
 

To most Americans he is remembered as the Great Liberator who had wiped away the blot of Slavery from America's "Pure Republican Robe".
Nevertheless, many in his own time decried his actions during the Civil War as tyrannical.

Today we are honored to discuss emergencies, the Fighting Democracy, Habeas Corpus and the relative merits of Kentucky and Virginia with Mr. Jeffrey Tyler Syck of the University of Virginia. 

Episode Art: "Extremes Meet" a Cartoon comparing Lincoln and Czar Alexander II of Russia, claiming both are autocrats. British "Punch" Magazine, Oct. 24th, 1863

Welcome to the SECOND season! This episode one to deal with current issues, this week: Cults of Personality and Fact Based Debate, the Two Tyrants of Asia and the Future of Liberty in a turbulent world, and more. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Premier Shinzo Abe, a true Japanese Patriot and a stalwart friend of the United States of America. Our new theme is "Fair Thee Well Ye Sweathearts" a Revolutionary War song calling for the common people yo sacrifice their comfort and leisure in the cause of Liberty and Love. It can be found in the Smithsonian's collection of Folkways Recording here: https://folkways.si.edu/the-committee-of-correspondence/fare-thee-well-ye-sweethearts/historical-song/music/track/smithsonian

Aelfred, Charlemagne and the Budding Medieval State

Prof. Julian Boyd's 1950 Reconstruction of Thomas Jefferson's Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence.