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Letters to the Editor

Kimball Shinkoskey: Republicans Have Become Tories

Around 1680, during the reign of King Charles II in England, two parties existed like our two American political parties today. At that time, the two parties formed up around the issue of their orientation toward kingly power. The one party favored monarchy and the protection of wealth, and the other favored popular government and a better distribution of wealth.

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