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The latest line of attack against President Donald Trump is that he's inserting politics into government matters. This has come up on at least two fronts recently — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's speech to the Republican National Convention, and the federal Food and Drug
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Joe Biden gave a speech online accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for president on Thursday, August 20, 2020. Advisers intended a safe, centrist speech. Biden avoided obvious gaffes during his delivery. But some odd moments crept in.
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If the Democrats win the presidential election, at least one $14 billion fortune can breathe a sigh of relief. That sum is the endowment, roughly speaking, of the Ford Foundation. Maya Harris, the sister of Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, did a stint at the Ford Foundation as vice
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With the onset of Common Core, Massachusetts's education standards for public schools have declined. How can the state regain lost ground? It's actually not that hard. Solid standards already exist. What's needed is the will to implement them.
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Pity Alex Morse. In his public statements since it became known that as mayor of Holyoke and a University of Massachusetts Amherst lecturer he has initiated sexual hookups with male college students, you can sense bewilderment. At some level, the left-Democratic candidate for Congress seems to be thinking, don'
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By Sam Doran State House News Service
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"Kamala knows how to govern. She knows how to make the hard calls. She's ready to do this job on Day One." — Joe Biden, Wednesday, August 12, 2020, on his new vice presidential running mate
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A fact from the world of sports with public policy implications: The Toronto Blue Jays have been starting an infield in which all four players are the sons of major league baseball players. The Blue Jays first baseman, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., is the son of Vladimir Guerrero, who retired with
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