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…Until It Happens to You
What do we owe the people who dedicate their lives to public service? Should the security of their jobs—and by extension, their families—be subject to the whims of those in power? Across the country, federal workers were preparing for the fallout of a sweeping purge of the federal workforce by the White House, but Ryleigh Cooper didn’t figure it would include...
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February 28, 2025
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Separating Fact from Rhetoric
SPECIAL REPORT  I recently received an email message from a nationwide grassroots political network. The message reads as follows: “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
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Lindsay Vonn’s Gold Medal Moment
The day after her fall in the women’s downhill at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina, Lindsey Vonn posted a message on Instagram. Not just...
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Teaching an Algorithm Right from Wrong
In a quiet office in San Francisco, a philosopher is deep in thought, attempting something that until recently belonged to science fiction. She is trying...
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Now, More Than Ever
In moments of national crisis, a nation discovers whether its founding principles are merely words on paper, or values worth defending. As the 150th anniversary...
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Peace Is Not an Elective
I had just learned of the passing of a good friend and colleague, Colman McCarthy when the memories began to return. Before I ever met...
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Revelations
In 1927, Sinclair Lewis gave America a character it did not want to recognize in the mirror: Elmer Gantry. Gantry is loud, magnetic, insatiable —...
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