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What’s the Most Forgiving Region of the Country? Wait, You’re Kidding, Right?
It's New England, according to a survey, where 86 percent of the people self-identify as forgiving.…
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We’re Sick of Being Shamed for Supporting America
Patriotic Americans are really getting sick and tired of being shamed for loving our country. If you think I'm wrong…
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America Is Not Innocent, But It Is Exceptional
"Don't forget: It was the excess of idealism among our elites, including their moral self-regard and their infatuation…
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WATCH: Americans fail at trying to pronounce different Mass. cities
Imagine being a tourist visiting Massachusetts for the first time. You're driving around in your rental car grasping at your…
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How the pain of 9/11 still stays with a generation
The Sept. 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks were the worst acts of terrorism on American soil to date. Designed to instill…
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Is free trade causing job loss?
International trade figures heavily in the presidential race. Presidential candidate Donald Trump said, "Hillary Clinton unleashed a trade war against the…
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The world’s largest free-trade agreement may be rising as TPP falls
Asia-Pacific countries are pushing ahead on a major agreement which could redefine free trade in the region, but its not the…
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Trump vows to put ‘America first’ in foreign policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare formal policy speech, Republican front-runner Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to put American security "above all…
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The complicated reality of American greatness
Donald Trump says he is campaigning to Make America Great again. Democrats like former Attorney General Eric Holder say that we are…
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Born American … but in the wrong place
When the Communists took control of Hungary in 1949, my parents' textile shop (and everything that was in it) was taken…
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To bring back U.S. history, first repeal Common Core
By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood…
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The need to compromise
The topic of abortion has divided this country for more than half a century. And while the imminent March for Life in…
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There’s no ‘diversity problem’ at Boston Latin
Like other Boston residents, I have been perplexed at the degree of controversy surrounding our best public school, and the misleading analysis…
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Trump’s new Obama claims push into uncharted territory
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's latest accusation against President Barack Obama — that he's putting U.S. enemies ahead of…
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Clinton nonprofit got $17.7M in foreign cash, NY filing shows
Clinton Foundation officials used an obscure New York state charity board filing to disclose that the nonprofit organization received nearly $17.7…
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US tells allies it may rethink Afghan troop drawdown
BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has told NATO allies America will take a new look at its plans to…
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GOP leaders scold Trump, demand apology to judge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans roundly scolded their own presidential candidate Monday, demanding Donald Trump apologize for — and just stop — talking about the ethnic…
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Trump brags about taking advantage of Gadhafi
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump says he made "a lot of money" in a deal years ago with…
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Is addiction a brain disease?
The opioid abuse epidemic is a full-fledged item in the 2016 campaign, and with it questions about how to combat the…
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Many Northeast, Midwest states face shrinking workforce
In many parts of the Northeast and Midwest, population growth is slowing at an unprecedented rate as people are getting older, women…
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Taliban driver’s family accuses US of murder in drone strike
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The family of a driver who was killed alongside Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a U.S. drone…
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Obama at Hiroshima calls for world with no nuclear weapons
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — With an unflinching look back at a painful history, President Barack Obama stood on the hallowed ground of Hiroshima…
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Good intentions mask bad government intervention
Good intentions are not the same thing as good results. Nowhere is this as clear, consistently, as in matters of government policies.…
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Trump outlines general election pitch in energy speech
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump unveiled an "America first" energy plan he said would unleash…
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Pro-Trump Hispanics face ridicule from friends and family
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Hispanic voters in Florida, New Mexico and California have waved Mexican flags and bashed Donald Trump piñatas — clashing with…
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Civil War chivalry at Appomattox
The "Annals of America" contains a stirring account of the momentous encounter between Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S.…
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New political divide on both sides of Atlantic: populists v cosmopolitans
"Disaster narrowly averted" was the British Guardian newspaper's view of the defeat – by only 31,000 votes out…
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Hillary Clinton’s wage gap hypocrisy
A Hillary Clinton Political Action Committee recently released an ad — undoubtedly the first of many — aimed at persuading American women they have…
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Meet Jewish America’s first ambassador to Muslims
(RNS) — Bob Silverman, a Jew who spent most of his diplomatic career in Muslim-majority nations, will now reach out to Muslims…
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Is commercial aviation as safe and secure as we’re told?
On Thursday, May 19, EgyptAir flight MS804, traveling from Paris to Cairo, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. All 66 passengers and crew…
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Congress, White House strike rescue deal for Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans and Democrats reached a rare, election-year deal with the White House to try to rescue Puerto Rico…
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Fla. student handbooks to offer pledge of allegiance opt out
(CNSNews.com) – Starting in July, Florida schools will give students an opt-out option for the Pledge of Allegiance in their student…
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Poll: Americans more upbeat about own finances than economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are of two minds about the economy in the midst of an election race that largely hinges on the…
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U.S. regulations cost American families $15K per year
We often think of government regulations as important and valuable, keeping us safe and protecting us from fraud. But did you know…
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Will Massachusetts’ diverse economy blunt a looming recession?
With an overload of disparate data, headlines alarmingly assert that the economy is headed for a recession in 2016. Given the severity…
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Can Puerto Rico escape its $72 billion debt trap and avoid Greece’s fate?
To almost no one's surprise, Puerto Rico missed a US$422 million debt payment earlier this month, triggering fears among…
