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Vice President Mike Pence hosted at the White House today the parents of Charlie Gard, the critically ill baby boy who died this past summer after authorities in England refused to allow his parents to take him out of the country for treatment. Connie and Chris Gard met with Pence
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A Boston University professor who has researched the origins of the popular Christmas carol "Jingle Bells" says she has found proof that the seemingly-innocent song is steeped in racism. Professor Kyna Hamill published a paper earlier this year, titled "The Story I Must Tell: Jingle Bells in
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"And all our yesterdays have lighted fools" — William Shakespeare, Macbeth (Act V, Scene V) The struts and frets of 2017 confirm we are on a portentous path to a dusty death.
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Dear Left Wing Grinches, This is why we just can't take you seriously.
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A child is born, and nothing is ever the same. We're not just talking Christmas and THAT child.
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The unrelenting speed and undiminished fervor with which liberals are killing the careers of their former comrades in politics, the media, and the arts may appear unseemly and contradictory at first glance. Yet based on historical precedent, it's also remarkably predictable, perhaps even axiomatic. It's what
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By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BOSTON — Anticipating that the U.S. Supreme Court might rule next year that states can legalize sports wagering, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday resolved to prepare research on the topic for lawmakers who may have to decide whether sports betting fits
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There's a chill in our drafty house as I write this, sitting next to our fireplace. No logs are burning because that would be a mess, with chocolate melting over the shoes and the hearth. It is early morning, December 6, the feast day of St. Nicholas, the
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