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  • Economy Surges at Record Rate as GDP Grows 33 Percent

    Economy Surges at Record Rate as GDP Grows 33 Percent0

    The U.S. economy grew by a record 33.1 percent in the third quarter of the year as employers continue to restore jobs and the country continues to feel the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The Commerce Department figure released Wednesday reflects the rate of decline in U.S. gross domestic product during the third quarter, from

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  • A Biden Court-Packing Plan Could Be Worse Than FDR’s

    A Biden Court-Packing Plan Could Be Worse Than FDR’s0

    Still fighting off the tail-end of the Great Depression, Americans gave President Franklin Delano Roosevelt a landslide victory over Republican challenger Alf Landon in 1936. Roosevelt, keen to see his New Deal legislation brought to fruition, was frustrated again and again by the Supreme Court.  The “Four Horsemen” – the press’s name for conservative justices

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  • Obsession: How the Media Keep Us Ignorant

    Obsession: How the Media Keep Us Ignorant0

    Many people of all political persuasions, including myself, find much of the mainstream news opinionated and biased. Negative media coverage of President Trump, for example, ran as high as 99 percent in May. This slanted news does serious damage to our republic. It’s divisive, but it also causes ignorance. Two days ago, I met a

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  • A Biden Supporter Explains Why Trump May Win

    A Biden Supporter Explains Why Trump May Win0

    I was in Washington DC this time four years ago – a week before the 2016 election. The mood was eerie, not in the least because of all the morbid Halloween decorations. With skeletons hanging from trees, carved pumpkins on porches and fake gravestones littering front yards, the suburban vistas felt strangely like a scene

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  • Why Americans Are So Enamored With Election Polls

    Why Americans Are So Enamored With Election Polls0

    The Republican pollster Frank Luntz warned on Twitter and elsewhere the other day that if preelection polls in this year’s presidential race are embarrassingly wrong again, “then the polling industry is done.” It was quite the forecast. While it is possible the polls will misfire, it’s exceedingly unlikely that such failure would cause the opinion

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  • Now the Grinch Is Stealing Thanksgiving

    Now the Grinch Is Stealing Thanksgiving0

    Thanksgiving holds a special place in my family. It’s the one holiday of the year when my four children, their spouses, and my platoon of grandchildren gather under one roof. The other holidays they celebrate in their own homes or with other relatives, but Thanksgiving is the time for the gathering of the Minick clan

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