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The Senator Who Came Back

John Fetterman, Senator from Pennsylvania, is 6’8”, bald, wears a Carhartt hoodie and long shorts around the Capitol. He looks like a beaten-up wrestler from the WWE. For a successful politician he appears and acts like a man from another planet. But after reading a powerful excerpt from his new

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Trump Gets It

I must admit I am totally into the 2016 election. The ascent of Donald Trump is so stunning, so horrifying, but also so wonderfully amazing

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Muslims in Munich

Just got back from a trip to Germany last week. While we Americans are spending our energy hootin and hollerin about the 5000 Syrian refugees

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Chips Oy Vey

My critics have often said my Swarf (British for scrap) was rubbish. I doubt that, but your swarf, those chips that are conveyed out of

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Not My America

In August of 2008, I was in a state of catastrophic heart failure when I reached St. Francis Hospital in Evanston. A brave and talented

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Tangerine

I am writing this blog from home on Tuesday. My brain surgery to remove a benign tumor on my pituitary gland, which had grown from

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