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Nobody familiar with the train wreck that was the Deval Patrick administration in Massachusetts can be shocked to hear that Patrick failed to make the Democratic presidential primary in Michigan. If Patrick had simply informed the chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party by November 12 that he planned to run,
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"We've seen the Republicans stuck where they are. Their illusions about Trump remain. … We don't somehow understand, we don't understand why the, the evidence of things, why facts don't penetrate our brothers and sisters in the United States of America. And
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An untold, but significant story of President Donald Trump's White House has been the sharp contrast between the National Economic Council and the National Security Council. The National Security Council has been nothing but trouble. It has churned through a series of national security advisers — Michael Flynn, H.
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One of the nice things about having an avowed socialist running in the American presidential campaign is that it forces the capitalist candidates, along with observers of the race, to do a better job of explaining why socialism is wrong. This is a healthy development. Many Americans who are too
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Today I finished Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Eight hundred eighty pages serialized in the usual nineteen parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It was not an easy read but it was worthwhile. Bleak House was written after Oliver Twist and David Copperfield but before A Tale of Two
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A story is told of Robert the Bruce, the 14th century hero of Scotland. Down and out and taking refuge in a cave, Bruce is supposed to have marveled at a spider who kept restarting his web even after it was destroyed repeatedly. As the story goes, Bruce took inspiration
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Today is Thanksgiving, which may be the most conservative holiday of them all. It's old, for one thing. And it reminds us to be thankful for what we have, including what out forbears gave us. That's the opposite of complaining and blaming others, which are not
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For a stroll down the public school memory lane, Mary Rice Hasson and Theresa Farnan offer this pleasant throwback: "If you're like most Americans, you attended public schools. You emerged with a strong connection to the community, received a good education, and made lifelong friends who shared
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