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Dumping Trump Means Voting Biden
Trump is the most dangerous president we’ve had in at least a century, maybe for all time. He is tearing down the foundations of our country, following…
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Lee R. Nackman
Registered
Why doesn’t some moderately sane Republican politician tell Donald Trump and his suck-up acolytes in the White House and the Senate — in fact, why…
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Rollin and Betsy Russell
Deadly
I am not the first person to point out that our president is a virtual embodiment of the Seven Deadly Sins. Anyone who endured a classical Christian…
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Rollin and Betsy Russell
A Proposal to Reopen by First Saving America
The current debate about when and how to reopen schools and colleges misses the point. Of course we have to reopen schools. Just like we have to reopen…
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Lee R. Nackman
Winning Through Intimidation
In 1973, Robert Ringer wrote his best-selling book, Winning Through Intimidation. I doubt that Donald Trump read the book – he does not read much – but…
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Rollin and Betsy Russell
Unintended Consequences
How could he ever have imagined the phenomenal results? It was like winning the lottery every day for three years running. He did not have to invest…
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Rollin and Betsy Russell
Plausible Deniability
“The buck stops . . . where?” Harry Truman, where are you when we need you? Ever since you were president we have been naïve enough to assume that when…
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Rollin and Betsy Russell
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