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The Articles

The Confederation (federal union) spelled out.

On November 14, 1777, after 16 months of debate, the Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation.

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Once the most potent moral figure in Western culture was Jesus Christ. Believer or unbeliever, you took your ethical bearings from him, or professed to. To question his morals was to expose yourself as a monster. Now, the most potent moral figure in Western culture is Adolf Hitler. It is as monstrous to praise him as it would once have been to disparage Jesus. He has become the fixed reference point by which we define evil.
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— Alec Ryrie

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