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A golden age of democracy

Let me state a bold claim:  This is a golden age of democracy. That runs counter to the conventional wisdom of the last four years that there is a rising tide of authoritarianism sweeping across the globe, and especially the United States.…

Saving the Republican Party

As Washington insider Jim Papa puts it, “If the Republican Party had its own Mount Rushmore, that mountain would have three faces: Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. The goal of every Republican candidate should be to…