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Foo Thik Not Like This New Thing Call a 'Wheel'

Jacob Sullum | 7.21.2011 2:06 PM

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Ricky Sprague uncovers the first known example of an op-ed piece.

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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books, September 2).

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