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Nothing in Common: Common Sense and Communism

Nothing in Common: Common Sense and Communism
A statue of Vladimir Lenin is seen in Simferopol, Ukraine, on March 17, 2014. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Jeff Minick
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A man takes a shortcut to work, drives through a construction site, and gets a nail in his tire. Put that flat down to ignorance. The next day, he drives the same route and again gets a flat tire. Either he’s forgetful, or he enjoys gambling. The third day, he repeats everything with the same results, which defines him as a fool.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.