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What’s with all the bad candidates? Sorry. That sounds harsher than I intend it to. I’m not trying to be disrespectful. I simply don’t believe all people were created to do all things. Hence, not everyone is called to run for elected office. And judging by some
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First, as reported by The New York Times: “For more than a decade, Jesse Ridgway has made a living posting YouTube videos, some personal, to millions of followers. It seemed natural, then, he said, to share that he and his wife, Ashley, had decided to terminate her pregnancy after a
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There are a lot of things I believe but don’t always say. For example, I’m a big believer in the First Amendment — in the essential freedoms each of us has to speak our mind, practice our faith, gather peacefully, report independently, and hold government accountable. I struggle with
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Ah, yes, time for questions in the month of May. Remember: questions are the only punctuation piece that beg a response. Not all actually want a response. Here are the first 65 we saw asked: 1. A Covid-Era Bombshell Coming? 2. As Politics Fragments, Can the Worldwide Center-Left
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“To the Feds, I'll keep this short, because I do respect what you do for our country. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn't working with anyone. This was fairly trivial: some elementary social engineering, basic CAD, a lot of patience.
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Dear Graduate, For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a
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While we always have a few special words for grads this time of year (and will share some on Sunday), Grammy-nominated country singer/guitarist Eric Church had some great ones last week in his commencement address at the University of North Carolina. It was excellent. Some called it the
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First… in Orange County, California, a suburb of Los Angeles… A 14-year-old boy, riding an e-motorcycle, was reportedly seen doing wheelies in the middle of the street before allegedly striking an 81-year-old man. Authorities say the teen fled the scene. The elderly man later died
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We’ve long had an affinity for the word “fascinating.” It’s a great word. The best thing about it is that it’s neither good nor bad. It carries no inherent positivity or negativity. “Fascinating” simply means irresistibly drawing someone’s attention and interest. And plenty of things — both
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It began as a tribute to one woman. Anna Jarvis to be exact. Before that — according to National Geographic — it started as an anti-war movement. The goal was to promote peace in wake of America’s Civil War and Europe’s Franco-Prussian War. This year $38 billion is
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A message from the bipartisan No Labels, as sent in an email this past week from Ryan Clancy, the Chief Strategist. This is good. Also concerning… This week, Fortune ran a feature on the No Labels booklet Nightmare on Main Street, our oral history of an American debt crisis told
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Let us begin today’s post with a candid message of grace. In fact, let every post and opinion be laced with it. That feels missing from our culture in many spaces. We are quicker to say, “let me tell you what I think,” than to consider whether our words