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Charlie Baker’s quiet revolution

As the national media focus on the civil war within the Republican Party, the Republican governor of this liberal state is leading a quiet revolution in state government, and, in the process, creating a model of New Republicanism. Gov. Charlie Baker – and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito – are governing in style

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A road map to freedom and prosperity

This summer, discussions about America's role in the world have reached fever pitch. In fact, it has become near impossible to recognize a clear message within the noise of bold, and sometimes contradictory, statements about the proposed future of US foreign policy. The world is consumed by chaos:

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Is the US electoral system really ‘rigged’?

Many have speculated how a Trump victory would affect the U.S., but few have thought about the consequences of a Trump loss. After falling behind Hillary Clinton in the polls, Donald Trump has already developed a narrative for his exit: The election was rigged. So how likely is a

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Labor unions continue to push Conn. further to the left — and the brink

A union-funded third party is trying to push Connecticut's Democrats further to the left, at a time when the state is already buckling under the weight of liberal fiscal policies. Leaders of the Connecticut Working Families Party declared victory after all five legislative candidates they supported won their

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The infrastructure illusion

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump don't agree on much of anything, but there is one area where they have a meeting of the minds: they both want to spend way more on public works programs. Hillary Clinton says that her primary jobs stimulus will be a massive $275

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The decline of civility

One of the unavoidable consequences of youth is the tendency to think behavior we see today has always been. I'd like to dispute that vision, at least as it pertains to black people. I graduated from Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin High School in 1954. Franklin's

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Trump’s economics speech: Seeking conservative cred

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Trump supporters to Washington: ‘You’re fired.’

The presidential election may hinge on the meaning of two words: "you're fired." Democrats are trying to turn Donald Trump's line from "The Apprentice" against him. Campaigning earlier this month in Las Vegas, Hillary Clinton said, "you have got to ask