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It’s a confusing time to be an American right now. We all need to have a hyphen, or an adjective. Something we used to think was really simple, like gender, is now complicated — maybe even more complicated than race...
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Lots of people resent the fact that they’re being required by state mandate to wear masks, or prohibited from having parties on the beach or big family picnics. But if you want to talk about government overreach, here are 17...
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Some of us are old enough to remember the 1982 song “Dirty Laundry” which referred to the sensationalism of all news media. The phrase “don’t air your dirty laundry in public” refers to discussing private thoughts that maybe shouldn’t...
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On Monday night, the venerable Macy’s flagship store on 34th Street in New York City was vandalized during protests over the murder of George Floyd. The company had installed plywood over the entrances just two days before, but determined thieves...
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The idea that “Nothing endures but change” was first attributed to an ancient Greek philosopher named Heraclitus. (He also wisely proclaimed “It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine”) And...
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