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What the First can Learn from the Seventh; It’s not too early to start

It’s early February, 2015, and my son called to tell me that he has taken a new job. He had decided to leave his job working at the State House, and has signed on to run a Congressional campaign. When I pointed out to him that it’s about 20 months until the next election, he […]

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Ranking the Presidents;Because there’s nothing else to do on a freezing night in Michigan

I realize that I rarely make outlandish claims on Facebook, but when I do, I don’t mind when people call me out.  So when I claimed that Ronald Reagan was “clearly the second worst President since 1900” it was not surprising that some folks wanted to know how I could say that.  People who know […]

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