President Biden’s visit to Ireland was personal, given his Irish roots, and presidents are allowed such trips.
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In his 1958 book, “The Affluent Society,” economist John Kenneth Galbraith assailed what he called “conventional wisdom,” his caustic term for “beliefs that are at any time assiduously, solemnly and mindlessly traded between the conventionally wise.”
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The criminal indictment of a former president has pushed the U.S. into unexplored territory.
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Neo-isolationists on the right and left dismiss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as of little consequence to the U.S.
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s looming indictment of Donald Trump should be judged on its legal merits.
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Many Republicans wonder of 2024: Will they see a repeat of 2016, when a vast field of contenders allowed Donald Trump to win a majority of delegates with a plurality of votes in early contests?
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Every fish gets its turn in the barrel. That goes for both Republicans and Democrats.
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The 15 ballots it took for Rep. Kevin McCarthy to become speaker left an image of dysfunction and chaos.
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