In Opinions
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Our Arab: In the '60s a young Palestinian man was warmly received by a town in rural Minnesota. But what would it be like when he returned, fifty years later, in post-9/11 America?
From the Believer magazine.
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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: speaking Trump, unmasking 'economic anxiety,' destroying diplomacy
Donald Trump has caused a coarsening of the national language. That’s certainly true in terms of relaying Trump’s own words. From “sh!#hole countries” to “locker room talk,” quoting Donald Trump too directly is prone to generate articles that get filtered out by software making sure that text is “safe for work.”
It’s also true of attempts to report about Donald Trump. Filter-flipping words appear in response to Trump’s actions because words like vile, depraved, despicable, loathsome, and...
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Sunday Open Thread
Enjoy.
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Will a New Question Scare Illegal Immigrants Away from the Census?
When the idea of measuring the United States' population every 10 years was first codified, the mission was pretty straightforward: Tally up the "Number of free Persons" living in each state so that seats in the U.S. House of Representatives can be apportioned accordingly.
Many things have changed since then, not least the definition of "free persons." But the primary directive of what has come to be known as the Census has remained the same. Until now.
On March 26, Commerce Secretary Wilbur...
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Irish turn attention to parliament as abortion ban voted out
Attention is turning to Ireland's parliament now that the country's citizens have voted in landslide numbers to remove the abortion ban from its constitution. It will be up to parliament to make new laws to govern abortions now that the public has turned thumbs down on the Eighth Amendment...
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Sunday Schadenfreude: California Dems thrash around on their great blue wave
Apparently, there are so many of them running they are cannibalizing each other which jeopardizes their prospects for retaking the House.
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A rainy night in Washington
The first time I saw it in person...The Wall.
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas revelation
I am not holding my breath for the CNN Townhall coverage of this local news revelation
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As you watch the Indy 500, remember a good man
The founder of the Indianapolis 500 dedicated his life to the highest calling.
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Texas's aspiring Democrat governor has tax problems
Greg Abbott must be delighted.
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Here's one border crossing that should never, ever be secured
Canadians seem to love taking in the USA's illegals.
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America's pensions are paying high management fees for a whole lot of nothing
Famed baseball manager Sparky Anderson once said, “a baseball manager is a necessary evil.”