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Was Churchill really a racist war criminal as alleged by a recent op ed in the Washington Post?

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Why did the American risk a revolution against the world's greatest military power?

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Sgt. Roddie Edmonds is credited with saving the lives of hundreds of fellow POWs by refusing to tell their Nazi captors which soldiers were Jewish. Wouldn't they have been identifiable by their dog tags?

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Offspring of a female slave and a white man were slaves - but what about the children of a white woman and a slave?

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Have politicians ever had much success running for a party that they don't belong to?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was Churchill really a racist war criminal as alleged by a recent op ed in the Washington Post?	515
Why did the American risk a revolution against the world's greatest military power?	291
Sgt. Roddie Edmonds is credited with saving the lives of hundreds of fellow POWs by refusing to tell their Nazi captors which soldiers were Jewish. Wouldn't they have been identifiable by their dog tags?	23
Offspring of a female slave and a white man were slaves - but what about the children of a white woman and a slave?	14
Have politicians ever had much success running for a party that they don't belong to?	6