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Lessons of the Cold War with Peter Robinson

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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How to Open a T-Shirt Shop at Checkpoint Charlie

In 1989, November 9th, the Berlin Wall is open. I remember sitting in my apartment watching Dan Brokaw reporting live from the Berlin Wall. And I called out my mother and said, mom, what do you think about me opening up a t-shirt shop at Checkpoint Charlie? "I'll bet you millions of tourists are gonna go to Berlin this summer and I will make a killing," he recalls her saying.

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