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2016’s Biggest Loser

2016’s Biggest Loser

Of all the losers in this season of discontent, the mainstream media top the list. I don’t say this lightly, and I sincerely fear that loss of faith in journalism ultimately will cause more harm to the nation than any outside enemy could hope to. Only 18 percent of...
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A U.S. Embassy staff, left, tries to reset the cutout of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after a woman accidentally bumped it while trying to take her photograph with cutouts of Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton during a presidential election event held at the U.S. embassy in Beijing, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)


Calm Down. We’ll be Fine No Matter who Wins.

Calm Down. We’ll be Fine No Matter who Wins.

After 18 months of rabble-rousing and anger management (not in a good way), we’ve created a sort of Potemkin nightmare of partisan division and revolutionary strife. Never before has this country been so divided, goes the usual chorus of pundits and commentators....