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When Failing Is Succeeding – The Curious Story of A Floating Dock

Matthew McDonald

An odd set of circumstances has led to the approval of a floating dock in a Cape Cod town even though the applicants failed to get necessary approval for a permit.

Two men who live on the same road in East Falmouth sought a special permit for the floating dock in Eel Pond, which some of their neighbors opposed, saying the it would cause too much congestion of boats, according to the Cape Cod Times.

Andrew Cuomo’s New York Abortion Bill Is The Beginning of the End
Commentary

Andrew Cuomo’s New York Abortion Bill Is The Beginning of the End

Matthew McDonald

"'Person,' when referring to the victim of a homicide, means a human being who has been born and is alive."
—  New York abortion bill signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, Tuesday, January 22, 2019

"This court has heretofore decided that the status or condition of a person of African descent depended on the laws of the State in which he resided."
—  Dred Scott v. Sandford, U.S. Supreme Court, Friday, March 6, 1857

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