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Conservative Millennials Are Waging the Wrong Wars. Here’s Why
On September 11, 1960, with nearly one hundred like-minded intellectual activists and agitators in the living room of his Sharon, Connecticut…
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A Deval Patrick Presidential Run in 2020 A Gift for the GOP
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Cry out full-throated and unsparingly, Lift up your voice like a trumpet blast …" — Isaiah 58:1a…
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Gina Raimondo: Rhode Island’s Little Engine That Can
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Taylor Swift and Ticketmaster Are Coming To Get You
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Democrats Are the Beneficiaries of the Weinstein Scandal. ‘Identitarianism’ Returns
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Talk of Mayor Marty Walsh Going National is Prematurely Foolish
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The Rise of Thought Leaders Like Bono and Trump (Yes, Trump)
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Twenty Questions for Beth Lindstrom and John Kingston
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Baker and Trump Actually Share One Attribute: ‘Nixonian Habits’
In his marvelously insightful book, A Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr., Alvin S. Felzenberg recalls…
