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Con Chapman
Con Chapman is the author of “The Know-Nothing Amendments: Barriers to School Choice in Massachusetts” (Pioneer Institute), and “Rabbit’s Blues: The Life and Music of Johnny Hodges” (Oxford University Press), winner of the 2019 Book of the Year Award by Hot Club de France.
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They are both heavyweights in their respective fields. Their supporters and detractors are equally vocal and vehement. They are both…
In 1801 President Thomas Jefferson responded to a group of Connecticut merchants who objected to his appointment of a new…
They are the best-known lines of poetry on a public monument in America: Give me your tired, your poor, Your…
Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly elect Democrats, but the party had a rude awakening when one of it pet projects — turning…
“For every complex problem,” wrote H.L. Mencken, “there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” The issues of…
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Con Chapman | Oct 26, 2021
Horace Mann’s legacy is literally carved in stone. Across America his name appears in lapidary form above schoolhouse doors, a…