When Trump ran for office, I remember laughing. I said “He’s a joke” and “He’ll never win.” I think a lot of
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Photo by Anthony Garand on Unsplash Ronald Reagan plays a starring role in my political awakening. Believe me, I take no pride in these words. My first memory of Reagan dates back to seventh-grade sewing class. A voice breaks across
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Photo by Taylor Wilcox on Unsplash With only 56 days left until the election, it’s time for every American to consider something we generally take for granted: our relationship with our country.
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By Eduard Marmet – http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0101633/L/, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6553388 It was opening day for the Boston Red Sox. We stood, a group of young girls, in formation on the field, Fenway’s famed
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My very first political memory dates from 1960, when I was four years old, and I was eight when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. I remember watching the TV coverage all
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One hundred years ago this July, my 6-year-old dad, his 7-year-old brother and their parents arrived at Ellis Island. It was a trip six years in the making, beginning six weeks after
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Dear Kansas, My dad, a WWI decorated war hero, was born in Caney, Kansas. My grandfather worked for the Caney Grain Company and participated in the Oklahoma Land Run. And although I
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When Trump ran for office, I remember laughing. I said “He’s a joke” and “He’ll never win.” I think a lot of people thought the same as me and didn’t take his
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Photo by Anthony Garand on Unsplash Ronald Reagan plays a starring role in my political awakening. Believe me, I take no pride in these words. My first memory of Reagan dates back
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