American revolutionaries would not comprehend the extent to which the state now controls our lives. Its tentacles are everywhere. … Our technocratic overlords regulate fishing rods, dog food, cow flatulence, and the holes in Swiss cheese. They supervise our speech, employment, bank accounts, and media. They indoctrinate our children. They control the money supply, the interest rate, and the terms of credit. They track, direct, incentivize, censor, punish, redistribute, subsidize, tax, license, and inspect.
— Bruce Pardy
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In 1620, William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims landed on what is now known as Plymouth Rock.
In 1826, settlers in Nacogdoches declared their independence in the first attempt by Anglos in Texas to secede from Mexico.
In 1879, Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House had its world premiere at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen.
In 1913, Arthur Wynne’s “word-cross,” the first crossword puzzle, was published in the New York World.
In 1968, NASA launched Apollo 8, sending its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by man.
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