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How did it happen that anti-federalists styled themselves federalists?
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Half a century ago, Wendell Berry wrote of growing up in rural Kentucky and articulated the “mirror wound” that white people suffer due to our history…
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Sir Paul's life and work exemplify the courageous striving toward happiness described by philosopher Bertrand Russell — and we all get a share of it, in…
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Republicans have worked tirelessly to undermine the Disestablishment clause, “the true genius” of our Constitution, and adding foes of “Roe” to the high…
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The Right has devolved into what even conservative commentator Charlie Sykes calls “performative assholery,” and there is no bottom to it.
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It’s past time for a class-action lawsuit against Fox News, and health care professionals who have suffered most caring for the endless stream of…
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Has America’s myth of individualism and white resentment–based concept of “socialism” lessened our chances to pursue happiness as individuals and, as a…
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It's true, Giuliani and Stone may not be lying—in an alt-realty universe.
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