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In the fall of 1948, Harry Truman barnstormed the country by train, repeatedly bashing a “do-nothing Congress,” and so snatched victory from the jaws…
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Since this is my version of an election piece, I plan to get the usual stuff out of the way fast. So…
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In the wake of several deaths among its contingent of troops in a previously peaceful province in Afghanistan, New Zealand (like France and South Korea)…
Imagine for a moment that almost once a week for the last six months somebody somewhere in this country had burst, well-armed,…
When my daughter was little and I read to her regularly, one illustrated book was a favorite of ours. In a series of scenes,…
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