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Remembering times and people who showed that politics can still inspire

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By David Barber
| The Post (Wellington)
October 4, 2026 • 11:00am Czechoslovak communist prime minister Ladislav Adamec, right, attends a demonstration during the "velvet revolution" with former dissident and later the first post-communist president Vaclav Havel.Photo: AP Just In 11:00 am 11:00 am 11:00 am Oct 3 David Barber is a retired journalist from Waikanae. OPINION: General elections always revive memories of national polls I covered in seven countries during my time as a foreign correspondent.
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COLUMNIST: 'Criticism cannot … be muzzled or deterred'

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By David Barber
| Ludington Daily News Verified
Etched into a stone tablet in Charles City, Virginia, are these words: “By signing the Declaration of Independence the fifty-six Americans pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. It was no idle pledge. Nine signers died of wounds during the Revolutionary War. Five were captured or imprisoned. Wives and children were killed, jailed, mistreated or left penniless. Twelve signers’ houses were burned to the ground. Seventeen lost everything they owned.
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COLUMNIST: Such stories are meant to be shared

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By David Barber
| Ludington Daily News Verified
Seventy-five years and one day ago, The Minister of Defense and Tom the Bomb collided head-on – twice. The second time “kind of rang my bell,” the Minister told me eight years ago as he lay dying of cancer. And as he told me about him hearing bells during that high school football game on Sept. 21, 1951, he laughed. The Minister of Defense – George “Doc” Wagoner – had been my friend for 18 years. He was a friend to many and though he has been gone almost eight years now, he remains our friend.
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