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Nearly every Republican politician since I was old enough to vote has campaigned on balancing the federal budget. Last week, …
I see voting for the Libertarian Party a little bit like doing drugs – I don’t partake, but I don’t …
Scandal-ridden Cambridge Analytica is representative of everything people distrust about corporate America. Mostly unsurprising news arrived this week that Cambridge …
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It may be hard to believe, but the person on the opposite side of the abortion protest from you probably …
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Because I forgot to cancel it, a reminder vibrated my phone: ‘Plan Mother’s Day.” It was the latest unwanted affirmation …
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