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Federalism refers to a balance of power between a central government and the various states or provinces in a country, each component of government having powers and responsibilities of its own. Even though, as we all know, we have three levels of government in the USA — federal, state, and local,
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The sentence sounded like something out of a dystopian novel. The serious-looking older man speaks with self-proclaimed authority in his introductory remarks: "We are enlightened and forward thinking, but not everyone sees it this way."
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During the afternoon of Wednesday, April 19, 1775, Samuel Whittemore was confronted by something he never expected to see. The British army was marching right through his village, retreating from Concord. To Whittemore and his fellow Patriots, it seemed like an invasion.
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"In Brockton, there hasn't been an event like this one. An event … with many people marching to demonstrate to the city of Brockton, the city councilors, the mayor, and to the many racists that reside here, that here, there is a community of immigrants. That here, we
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"The need of a college, catholic in spirit and under catholic auspices, is most evident …" — Providence Bishop Matthew Harkins to the Dominican Fathers, October 9, 1915
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Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez's recent statement that every Democrat should be pro-abortion without exception reinforces why I bucked my family's political heritage by registering as a Republican. Perez issued a fatwa declaring that every Democrat should be pro-abortion, no exceptions. He imposed this litmus
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In the never-ending battle to decide which one is less horrendous, Harvard caught a break late this week when Yale made an unforced error and hired John Kerry to some mumbo-jumbo new role. Yale announced that Kerry, a former Massachusetts lieutenant governor, will be the school's "first-ever
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It was 12 years ago when my wife invited me for a cup of coffee at a local Portland roaster. (Shop local, kids.) Nothing alarming about the invite; we relish our coffee breaks, and they were the most sensible dates we could afford, as I balanced two jobs, while Nancy
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