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  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: It’s Been a Year, and What a Year It’s Been

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: It’s Been a Year, and What a Year It’s Been0

    On June 26, 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) beat Joseph Crowley for the Democratic nomination in New York’s 14th congressional district. Though only 28 and with little political experience, she went on to win the general election in November, and has been making waves ever since.   Here are seven highlights from her campaign and time in

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  • Alexandra Tolstoy and the Appeal of a Simple Life

    Alexandra Tolstoy and the Appeal of a Simple Life0

    “Have you ever heard of Alexandra Tolstoy?” Responding to this question with a bit of a blank stare, my friend flourished his smartphone and began showing me a few pictures from Tolstoy’s Instagram page. One was of Tolstoy and her small daughter posing hand-in-hand. “Cute dress,” I responded. “My wife loves following her,” my friend

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  • Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and the $3500 Suit

    Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and the $3500 Suit0

    Few observers missed Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez’ interview and photoshoot last week in which the rising, avowedly-socialist NY Congressional candidate wore a $3500 suit and shoes while hobnobbing with construction workers. (Such are the perils of outspoken class warfarism; a thing like that tends to be noticed.) Her opponents lambasted her as just another in a long line of

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  • Alexander Hamilton Predicted How the Colonies Would Defeat Britian

    Alexander Hamilton Predicted How the Colonies Would Defeat Britian0

    Early in 1775, a scathing 84-page essay was published anonymously in response to “A Full Vindication to the Measures of the Congress,” an essay written by Samuel Seabury, a bishop in the Episcopal Church and American loyalist who opposed the liberty movement in the American Colonies.  The essay, entitled “The Farmer Refuted,” was published by a

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  • Alexander De Tocqueville on Why America Has No More Statesmen

    Alexander De Tocqueville on Why America Has No More Statesmen0

    When you think of American statesmen, you likely think of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln. They led America through periods of political chaos and enormous uncertainty when few others could.  Many long for statesmen of a similar type to lead America through its current challenges, but does America have any statesman left? Why does

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  • Alerting Ourselves To Death

    Alerting Ourselves To Death2

    I was driving home from a cello lesson when I thought to myself, It is very hazy outside today. I didn’t think much more of it until about an hour later when my phone notified me of an air quality alert for my county. The air had elevated particulate matter levels that fall within the “unhealthy

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