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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West By David McCullough Simon & Schuster May 2019 352 pages David McCullough has written another superb history, The Pioneers. Admittedly, it is not in the same class as his two magisterial biographies, Truman and John Adams,
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Since his shocking, sad death Sunday, the accolades for Kobe Bryant have poured in, non-stop, much like the way he scored baskets, starring for the rival Los Angeles Lakers. What Bryant did on a basketball court, for so long – averaging 25 points a game for 20 seasons – merits prolonged applause.
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If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. (American Proverb)
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With Senator Bernie Sanders currently leading Democratic presidential polls in Iowa and New Hampshire — and with caucuses and the primary in those states less than a month away — it's time to start paying attention to what a Sanders presidency would mean for the stock market. Several prominent money
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Massachusetts is in a dangerous situation. Within the next few months, Governor Charlie Baker may impose a fee on fuel providers that would add up to 17 cents a gallon on gasoline – for starters. (He claims he can do it on his own.) Around the same time, Democratic state legislators
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Following a Democratic presidential primary debate last week, Warren confronted Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders with a non-question followed by a question mark: "I think you called me a liar on national TV?" During the debate Sanders had denied telling Warren during a private meeting that he told her
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After listening to a harangue by U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley about this, that, and who-knows-what on Monday, Governor Charlie Baker called it a "rant." Pressley's immediate reaction was to laugh – no doubt realizing that what the governor said was true. So did other members of
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For decades "zero population growth" was a goal of the far left. Yet three years into the Trump administration, somehow, here we are. You may have missed the news over the holiday break, but the Census Bureau reported on December 30 that "the U.S. population is
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