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President Donald Trump deserves more credit than he has gotten for at least one thing — outlasting his critics' prediction of the length of his tenure. In a post-election column published in the November 11, 2016 New York Times, David Brooks wrote, "the guy will probably resign or be
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In honor of Police Week, Facebook has offered a tribute that seems to represent the company perfectly. The company has banned a page that was honoring a fallen police officer. That's right — paying tribute to an officer who died in the line of duty apparently violates Facebook'
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The December 2015 re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act required all states that wanted Title I money to help school districts with low-income students to develop and submit a four-year plan, under the control of the state's education department. All state plans had to be "
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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, may not be a sympathetic figure to many. He's intelligent but sanctimonious, and he boasts a roster of clients that make many cringe. But I sympathize with him because I had a similar experience six years ago, when the
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In the recent wake of several more school shootings our nation continues its mourning and search for answers. We have all been asking: Why? Why does this continue to happen? What can we do to stop it? I personally don't believe that there is one black-and-white answer. I
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In January 2017 Finland began giving some of its citizens free money. The idea was simple. The government selected 2,000 unemployed people at random and started giving each 560 euros (about $670) a month for two years, with no strings attached. The participants, who are between 25 and 58
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Some self-described socialist candidates running within the Democratic Party "advocate more extreme changes, such as abolishing the prison system," the New York Times reports. Sure enough, the Boston Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America has a "Prison Abolition Working Group" that meets monthly. The national
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The crowd was entertained. Some reveled in the death of others. They weren't dying, so what did they care? They just wanted to enjoy a good show. If this was last week's column, I would have been referring to those in the arena cheering the slaughter
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