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The Nation’s Pulse
The Nation’s Pulse
by | Apr 20, 2020

The opposition finally showed up last Wednesday in Frankfort, Kentucky. For weeks, the government’s shutdown response has been numbingly predictable….

by | Apr 18, 2020

Before the latest coronavirus touched down, life in America was pretty good for most of us. Paychecks were getting fatter….

by | Apr 18, 2020

When the future author of Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville, arrived in Newport harbor, New York, at eight o’clock…

by | Apr 12, 2020

Americans have always placed a high value on privacy, though the constitution doesn’t explicitly grant it. The 1890 landmark work…

by | Apr 12, 2020

I We are accustomed to speaking of “diseases of modernity” or “diseases of modern life,” usually in the context of…

by | Apr 9, 2020

We are cowering from fear of COVID-19, but quarantine is not a cure to end the virus. The extreme measures…

by | Apr 6, 2020

On April 5, President Trump issued a proclamation designating that day as Education Day, and calling to mind the life…

by | Apr 3, 2020

As we watch in great anxiety the rising toll of COVID-19, my mind has turned a number of times to…

by | Mar 31, 2020

I used to like driving well over the speed limit. I grew up well outside Atlanta, and the posted speeds…

by | Mar 28, 2020

While watching Donald Trump’s coronavirus press briefing last Saturday, my 92-year-old stepfather, Juan, made a curious observation. “The 21st century…

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