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America faces a fundamental choice: either the blessings of liberty or the servitude of liberalism. In the political struggle for survival, one or the other is headed for extinction.

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Nancy Pearcey
Age: 73
Born: 1952
Born: January 1
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Philosopher
Nancy Randolph Pearcey
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