In another life, Kid Rock may be headed to the United Nations. His career trajectory having already been set, it is worth noting how he got where he is as a modern day rock icon. His Wikipedia bio says that...
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Fri, 18 Apr 2025 03:16:40 +0000One of the most important insights of public policy is the understanding that most laws are predicated upon a (stated or unstated) quid pro quo. Take, for example, the roiling monthslong debate about President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda. Prior...
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Fri, 18 Apr 2025 03:16:37 +0000After presidential elections, the losing party typically finds itself in a stage of reflection. For instance, after the 2004 presidential election, then-President George W. Bush’s defeat of Senator John Kerry prompted profound angst within the Democratic Party about its electoral...
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Fri, 18 Apr 2025 03:12:51 +0000The recent rather brutal attacks on some of America’s most prestigious universities by the president of the United States are the culmination of years of a wanton disregard by these institutions of public opinion and support. American higher education is...
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Fri, 18 Apr 2025 03:12:49 +0000The title sounds like the start of a bad joke, but it’s not. There they were, seated inside The Black Forge in Dublin — one, a controversial media firebrand; the other, a controversial MMA legend. Carlson in his jacket and...
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Fri, 18 Apr 2025 03:05:44 +0000The death of Christ on the cross is arguably the greatest event in human history, for one simple reason: It is the greatest demonstration of God’s love for us, as also of Christ’s love for us. As Paul declared, “God...
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Fri, 18 Apr 2025 03:05:42 +0000One of my favorite Bob Dylan songs is “Tangled Up in Blue,” in part because of this set of lines, both literary and spiritual: She lit a burner on the stove And offered me a pipe. “I thought you’d never...
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Fri, 18 Apr 2025 03:05:40 +0000I almost didn’t write a Five Quick Things this week. That isn’t to say I almost didn’t post anything in this space. I was certainly going to do that. But it was nearly a regular column. Why? Well, yesterday, I...
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Fri, 18 Apr 2025 03:05:37 +0000Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Kerianne Flynn, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, and Gayle King claim to have made a groundbreaking achievement — after spending 11 minutes as passengers on a Blue Origin space flight. (READ MORE: Katy Perry Went to Space....
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Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:30:57 +0000Among the clips resurrected from my childhood by YouTube, none stirs what Portuguese speakers refer to as saudade as much as the signoff for Boston’s public television stations. It features stills of Julia Child, Kermit the Frog, Christopher Lydon, Zoom,...
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