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Let’s hope 2016 is the year we agree no one has a special right to enforce ideology through terror. Thus …
With the holidays rapidly approaching, it seems like a good time to check out the 2016 Caucus Christmas Gift Catalog. …
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So Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett’s ‘Engage Iowa” think tank has released its very first thought – an intriguing proposal …
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University of Missouri Assistant Professor of Communication Melissa Click must be fired. If you’ve watched the video, then you are …
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