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Can we set aside the binders full of women for a few minutes and be serious? Because as funny as …
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I see some of you are eagerly commenting on last night’s debate on the earlier debate thread, so I thought …
A guy in my line of work can certainly appreciate the impulse to make your harshest, shrillest, most abusive critics …
After Sunday’s column focusing on the out-of-context quote at the center of an effort to oust Iowa Supreme Court Justice …
So I’ve been thinking about debates. I’ve seen a lot of them, although it’s sort of a blur of lecterns …
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