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Dissing patriots, displeasing gods
How renaming a Navy ship reveals a nation's misplaced priorities
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A baby bonus isn't what we need
American families need help that paying people to have babies won't provide
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Hope is a thing with a diploma
Relying on resurgent conscience and good journalism to do battle with Trumpism
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Good neighbors, please step up now
An increasingly isolated people now find their nation similarly needing connections
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Here's your burger, Pop. And a lesson, too.
Don't delude yourself into thinking your big talk is enough to combat Trumpism
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Why this May Day leaves me frightened
This is not just a sweet spring holiday, nor a time for ordinary dissent
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When reality clashes with anchored beliefs
What will happen as the turmoil of this presidency confronts the MAGA faithful?
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THE UPSTATE AMERICAN
THE UPSTATE AMERICAN
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