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The Season of Underdogs—From Madison Square to Raleigh, and Now to the World Stage
The parade routes were still sticky with confetti when the next wave started forming. Not a literal wave—though there was plenty of that in the stands—but the kind that builds when underdogs…
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Trump’s Iran MoU: When “Best Deal Ever” Meets Worst Foreign Policy in Decades
The focus keyword here is simple and damning: Trump Iran deal disaster. Let’s begin with what we know. The Trump administration released a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran last week — a…
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After a long day at the Office – Lets make Cake
A Hairy Times Family Classic There was a time — late in the evening, long after the newsroom lights dimmed — when Bea Little and Hope Sinourheart would wander into the kitchen together. Two women who…
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The Insider Trading Double Standard: When the Connected Win and Average Americans Go to Prison
The insider trading double standard has always existed. I grew up around people who traded on information. Not illegal insider trading — at least, not technically — but the kind of edge…
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Stop the Steal: Trump’s $1.7 Billion IRS Settlement Demands His Own Slogan
The irony is so thick you could cut it with a subpoena. For four years, Donald Trump bellowed "Stop the Steal" to anyone within earshot. He plastered it on hats, screamed it…
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Your Wallet’s Getting Lighter and Nobody’s Talking About Who’s Actually Cashing In
Look, I'm going to level with you — I just spent forty-three bucks filling up my Honda Civic. My CIVIC. That's supposed to be the sensible car. The one your aunt drives.…
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The Gerontocracy Must End: Why America Needs Leaders Who’ll Live Long Enough to Face the Consequences of Their Decisions
The debate over age limits for politicians has never been more urgent. Here’s something nobody wants to say out loud at Thanksgiving dinner: we’ve let nursing home residents run the nuclear arsenal…
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In the Stillness Between Storms: A Word from the Mountain
I write to you from a stone terrace in the Andys Mountains, where the wind carries both snow and silence in equal measure. For twenty-three years, I have watched the sun rise…
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The Billionaire Philanthropist Who Never Worked in Intelligence Now Runs U.S. Intelligence
The Trump administration’s appointment of Bill Pulte as Director of National Intelligence represents either a bold experiment in disruptive leadership or a dangerous gamble with America’s most sensitive secrets. Given Pulte’s complete…
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America Was Always Great — But We Keep Forgetting What That Means
America was always great — but have we forgotten what made it so? There’s a phrase that’s been rattling around our politics for nearly a decade now, and it rests on a…
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