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We Choose To Do The Hard Things

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN Fifty-four years ago in September 1962, at Houston’s Rice University, President John Kennedy spoke of a nation that had determined to “set...

Why Is Assange Pushing Trump’s Conspiracies?

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BY JOE CONASON Among the most distasteful features of this election cycle is the adoption of right-wing propaganda themes – including moldy material from decades ago – by ostensibly progressive activists and publications. In their zeal to bring down Hillary Clinton, elements of the left have mimicked the right to promote “scandals” that were decisively […]

The Olympic Spirit?

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH To watch some of the coverage, you might think that the Olympics proves that the greatest athletes of every country on the globe, plus the refugees, can come together and put aside the various religious, ethnic and historic rivalries that divide us. Not so fast. There was the incident of the Lebanese […]

Commoners’ Right To Hunt Under Threat

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BY FROMA HARROP In Olde England, hunting was the privilege of the landed and the rich. The right to hunt depended on the number of acres owned or one’s income. This inequity led English jurist William Blackstone to complain in the late 18th Century that “50 times as much property [is required] to enable a […]

Checks And Balances

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BY JOE DORMAN This past week, a lawsuit was filed by six individuals seeking to require the state of Oklahoma to return funds taken from...