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The Two-Kingdom Case for Blue Laws

(Not to be confused with the “Blue Letter.”) In 1933, the years the Philadelphia Eagles football club started (thank you Dan Borvan), the state of Pennsylvania considered reforming its laws prohibiting commercial activity on Sunday, the Christian Sabbath, so that football players and coaches could play in the afternoon. (How would the NFL make it… Read More→

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