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  • How Trump’s COVID Case Could Affect His Chances of Re-Election

    How Trump’s COVID Case Could Affect His Chances of Re-Election0

    With just a month left until the November 3 U.S. presidential election, contracting the virus could have politically positive or negative consequences for President Donald Trump. These will, of course, be contingent on how severe the president’s illness becomes. But we should not count him out and Biden in just yet. Here are the ways

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  • So This Is What It Has Come To

    So This Is What It Has Come To0

    For years after my wife died and I’d moved into an Asheville apartment with my youngest son, I’d rent a house for a week every summer at the North Carolina shore. My children, their spouses, and a growing platoon of grandchildren all came for a special time, a gathering of the clan. Although circumstances have

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  • Four Questions James Comey Actually Answered in Senate Hearing

    Four Questions James Comey Actually Answered in Senate Hearing0

    Former FBI Director James Comey took questions from a Senate committee for almost four hours Wednesday, but had the same answers for many of them. Comey, who President Donald Trump fired in May 2017, fielded questions remotely by video link primarily about the FBI’s Russia-Trump investigation, code-named “Crossfire Hurricane,” before the Justice Department named a

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  • Trump Misses Knockout Blows in First Debate Victory

    Trump Misses Knockout Blows in First Debate Victory0

    The first presidential debate of 2020 set a new floor for civility. While President Donald Trump strong-armed his way past an oftentimes timid, rambling, and confused former vice president, it was surprisingly Joe Biden who debased himself by engaging in grade school name calling. Biden’s frustration may have been sated by calling Trump a “clown,”

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  • The Passing of the Guard and the Coming Deluge

    The Passing of the Guard and the Coming Deluge0

    Many pundits and thinkers have focused on changes in the Republican Party following the election of Donald Trump. Gone are the go-along, get-along politics Republicans remember from the days of George Bush I and II. They are replaced by a rambunctious president who tweets his mind, who promises to “Make America Great Again,” and who

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  • Lawmakers Move to Unplug the President’s ‘Internet Kill Switch’

    Lawmakers Move to Unplug the President’s ‘Internet Kill Switch’0

    The COVID-19 crisis has taken an enormous human toll, with more than 200,000 Americans having succumbed to the virus, according to government data. So, too, the sweeping government response has wrought both unprecedented economic and public health consequences. Thus, in addition to the obvious health consequences, one major concern posed by the COVID-19 crisis is

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