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A Celebration of Everyday Heroism
As America observed the 15th anniversary of 9/11, Hollywood released a film about an aviation disaster with a very different outcome. SULLY, directed by Clint Eastwood and currently the #1 movie at the box office, tells the true story of the 2009 “Miracle on the Hudson” with the superb Tom Hanks as pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who landed his crippled plane...
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A Celebration of Everyday Heroism
Last weekend, as America observed the 15th anniversary of 9/11, Hollywood released a film about an aviation disaster with a very different outcome. SULLY, directed by Clint Eastwood, tells the true story of the 2009 “Miracle on the Hudson” with the superb Tom Hanks as pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who landed his crippled plane on the River and saved his 155...
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A Celebration of Everyday Heroism
Last weekend, as America observed the 15th anniversary of 9/11, Hollywood released a film about an aviation disaster with a very different outcome. SULLY, directed by Clint Eastwood, tells the true story of the 2009 “Miracle on the Hudson” in 2009 with the superb Tom Hanks as pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who landed his crippled plane on the River and saved...
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Hillary’s Hellish Weekend
By every measure, Hillary Clinton suffered a disastrous weekend surrounding the 9/11 anniversary.
Her near collapse on Sunday morning hurt her badly not just because it left the impression of frailty and ill-health, but due to foolish attempts to conceal her pneumonia from a public that deserves candor. Even worse, her comments on Friday night smearing half of...
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Hillary’s Hellish Weekend
By every measure, Hillary Clinton suffered a disastrous weekend surrounding the 9/11 anniversary.
Her near collapse on Sunday morning hurt her badly not just because it left the impression of frailty and ill-health, but due to foolish attempts to conceal her pneumonia from a public that deserves candor. Even worse, her comments on Friday night smearing half of...
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Hillary’s Hellish Weekend
By every measure, Hillary Clinton suffered a disastrous weekend surrounding the 9/11 anniversary.
Her near collapse on Sunday morning hurt her badly not just because it left the impression of frailty and ill-health, but due to foolish attempts to conceal her pneumonia from a public that deserves candor. Even worse, her comments on Friday night smearing half of...
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Colin Kaepernick is No Civil Rights Hero
Cornell William Brooks, president of the NAACP, recently insisted it was “not a stretch” to associate Colin Kaepernick, a football star refusing to stand for the National Anthem, with Civil Rights heroine Rosa Parks, who refused to move to the back of a bus in 1955.
Actually, it is a stretch—and an insult to the heroism of the Civil Rights revolution and...
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Colin Kaepernick is No Civil Rights Hero
Cornell William Brooks, president of the NAACP, recently insisted it was “not a stretch” to associate Colin Kaepernick, a football star refusing to stand for the National Anthem, with Civil Rights heroine Rosa Parks, who refused to move to the back of a bus in 1955.
Actually, it is a stretch—and an insult to the heroism of the Civil Rights revolution and...
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Colin Kaepernick is No Civil Rights Hero
Cornell William Brooks, president of the NAACP, recently insisted it was “not a stretch” to associate Colin Kaepernick, a football star refusing to stand for the National Anthem, with Civil Rights heroine Rosa Parks, who refused to move to the back of a bus in 1955.
Actually, it is a stretch—and an insult to the heroism of the Civil Rights revolution and...
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When Hillary’s Supreme Court decides redistricting cases
Voting has begun in the 2016 election as North Carolina opened its (very) early balloting by absentee on Friday. Voting is said to be heavy among the half of Donald Trump supporters who Hillary Clinton has categorized as being in a “basket of deplorables.”
It seems irrational to vote this early in an election cycle in which jarring slanders on...
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Change the System so Every Vote Matters
One simple question highlights the dysfunction of our current system of choosing a president: which state in 2012 gave Mitt Romney the most votes? The answer, surprisingly, is California, where the Republican nominee drew nearly 5 million ballots. But he won no California votes in the Electoral College, which actually chooses the president. This means...
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Change the System so Every Vote Matters
One simple question highlights the dysfunction of our current system of choosing a president: which state in 2012 gave Mitt Romney the most votes? The answer, surprisingly, is California, where the Republican nominee drew nearly 5 million ballots. But he won no California votes in the Electoral College, which actually chooses the president. This means...
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Change the System so Every Vote Matters
One simple question highlights the dysfunction of our current system of choosing a president: which state in 2012 gave Mitt Romney the most votes? The answer, surprisingly, is California, where the Republican nominee drew nearly 5 million ballots. But he won no California votes in the Electoral College, which actually chooses the president. This means...
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Local GOP Should Embrace “Law & Order” Theme
The emphasis on “Law and Order” may or may not work in national politics but Republicans on the local level should embrace this theme with enthusiasm.
The upsurge in transients who spend the night in parks, under freeway overpasses, or sleeping on sidewalks afflicts cities in every corner of the country and almost always violates laws against vagrancy, or...
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Local GOP Should Embrace “Law & Order” Theme
The emphasis on “Law and Order” may or may not work in national politics but Republicans on the local level should embrace this theme with enthusiasm.
The upsurge in transients who spend the night in parks, under freeway overpasses, or sleeping on sidewalks afflicts cities in every corner of the country and almost always violates laws against vagrancy, or...
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Local GOP Should Embrace “Law & Order” Theme
The emphasis on “Law and Order” may or may not work in national politics but Republicans on the local level should embrace this theme with enthusiasm.
The upsurge in transients who spend the night in parks, under freeway overpasses, or sleeping on sidewalks afflicts cities in every corner of the country and almost always violates laws against vagrancy, or...
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