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Read Now: Why Peter Schwartz Celebrates Christmas

December 22, 2017
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Peter Schwartz, distinguished fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute, reflects in this 2014 Washington Post op-ed, on why platitudes like “give back” or “remember the needy,” don’t represent his perspective on the Christmas season.

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