Ira Stoll
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McCullough’s Miracle: Recovering Heroic Story of 1776
One of the first things I did after signing a contract to write a biography of Samuel Adams was to try to hire Mike Hill, a researcher who worked with David McCullough on his John Adams. Hill, who has gone on to emerge as an accomplished author in his own
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Fifth Amendment May Be Casualty In Ukraine War
In the rush to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine, America and its European allies risk trampling property rights. It's ironic, because what we're upset about, at least in part, is Russia taking property — Ukrainian land — that doesn't belong to it. Responding to the Russian
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‘Varsity Blues’ Conviction Highlights Erosion of Sixth Amendment Rights
A federal jury in Boston recently convicted Gamal Abdelaziz and John Wilson in connection with conspiring to get their children into the University of Southern California. The story is more newsworthy for what it says about the corruption of our criminal justice system than for what it says about corruption
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Democrats Hoping Health Care Will Help Win Georgia Contests for Senate Control
The Tuesday, January 5 runoff elections in Georgia that will determine control of the U.S. Senate are shaping up as a test of how the health care issue works politically for the Democrats. It's not so much the coronavirus response that that Democratic candidates are emphasizing but
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Why Trump Lost
Extended vote-counting, protracted litigation, and President Donald Trump's reluctance to concede the 2020 presidential election have held the Republican Party back from the usual work of losers in a national election, which is self-examination. Part of this may be the result of the better-than-expected showing of Republicans in
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Anti-Capitalist Camp Presses Case Even After Defeat of Sanders
Anyone under the illusion that Joe Biden's victory over Bernie Sanders in the Democratic presidential primary had vanquished the threat of socialism from American shores can get a reality check by picking up the Sunday New York Times, which features four articles pressing the anti-capitalist agenda. "Boeing&
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Tesla in the S&P Tells A Pro-Immigrant Story
The recent announcement by the Standard and Poor's 500 Index that Tesla Inc. would join the index of large U.S. stocks is the latest reminder of the importance of immigrants to America's success. Tesla's founder and CEO, Elon Musk, is now the third-richest