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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
July 27, 2008
Radical optimism is America’s contribution to the world. The early settlers thought America’s founding would bring God’s kingdom. John Adams thought America would emancipate “the slavish part of mankind.” Woodrow Wilson and George W. Bush....