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“What have the Romans ever done for us?” from The Life of Brian: 
 
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This week we spend the time talking about the word “empire” and its implications. https://wmjasco.com/podcasts/109-politics5.mp3 Subscribe on iTunes Download mp3 On Stitcher Cartoon accompaniment: Links: Buy the book! On sale through the end of the year for just $15. This week’s calendar entry is “Romainian/Romanian.” Paul Brians’ essay on “postcolonial literature.” “What have the Romans ever done for us?” from The Life of Brian:

This week we spend the time talking about the word “empire” and its implications.
<a href="https://wmjasco.com/podcasts/109-politics5.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://wmjasco.com/podcasts/109-politics5.mp3</a>
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/common-errors-in-english-usage/id1045314112?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer">Subscribe on iTunes</a> 
<a href="https://wmjasco.com/podcasts/109-politics5.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer">Download mp3</a> 
<a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-common-errors-in-english-usage-podcast?refid=stpr" rel="noopener noreferrer">On Stitcher</a>
Cartoon accompaniment: 

Links: 
<a href="https://wmjasco.com/william-james-co/8-common-errors-in-english-usage-3rd-ed-9781590282632.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Buy the book! On sale through the end of the year for just $15.</a> 
<a href="https://commonerrorscalendar.blogspot.com/2017/10/this-week-book-sale-plus-more-on_25.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">This week’s calendar entry is “Romainian/Romanian.”</a> 
<a href="https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/10/19/postcolonial-literature-problems-with-the-term/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Paul Brians’ essay on “postcolonial literature.”</a> 
“What have the Romans ever done for us?” from The Life of Brian:

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