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It includes, obviously, the reason the first republic and its Constitution, so revered, lasted about as long as the USSR, a mere seventy-four years, before dissolving into the bloodiest conflict of the nineteenth century. For my part, I always considered this a pretty weak foundation on which to erect unconditional
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In the summer of that year, a newspaper circulated an extract of a letter from a prominent white Bostonian who had assisted Hall on this very matter. The unnamed author of the letter reports that he had been visited by a group of free Black men who had been kidnapped
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Des Moines schools would stand to receive and estimated $2 million dollars if the district was included in the payments. Sen. Amy Sinclair, R-Allerton, said leaving the district out is not meant to be punitive, but she also named Des Moines Supt. Thomas Ahart and said he did not act
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Republican Senators willing to excuse Trump for his incitement of an insurrection that attacked our peaceful transfer of power are tying the Republican party to the former president and to an ideology that would end our democracy. * February 9, 2021 - Letters from an American
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soup (drug injected into a racehorse to improve its performance) When I wrote this recently, I wasn’t sure how to spell it, so I went with “supe up”, thinking that “supe” was short for “super”. I associated it with race cars, so it’s interesting that it goes further
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At the end of all these intellectual and emotional gymnastics is relief. Really, there’s nothing to not be proud of. Because if American history makes you feel bad, it’s a lie. If the places where most Americans live are terrible it doesn’t count because those aren’t
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Instead, in the medium term and perhaps even the long term, a likelier endgame is one in which large portions of the population are protected, from at least severe disease produced by at least some variants of the disease, but, with immunity falling short of the herd threshold, the disease
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I have what they call a Rare Disease. I’ve struggled with it since the age of five. A very painful autoimmune condition when there are flare ups. I like to tell people that were it not for my attraction to food I’d have died of starvation because, most
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In 2017, Bob Dylan was asked about how he was referenced in the song. “A jester? Sure, the jester writes songs like ‘Masters of War’, ‘A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall’, ‘It’s Alright, Ma’ – some jester. I have to think he’s talking about somebody else. Ask him.” * American
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1 I visited the Surf in 2003, as part of an all Iowa tour, going to landmarks all over my newly adopted home state. It was a good, fun trip, which is I guess why I look so happy in the picture. Going to the Surf seemed less morbid than