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More on Biden’s Pardon
It’s one in a long line of things that should be punished by the electorate, but are currently not. This kind of behavior, whether it is from President Biden or former President Trump should have made either of the candidates…
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How North Carolina’s Gerrymandering Affects the Nation
Here’s the reality: the congressional map we used to have, with a 7-7 Republican-Democratic split, reflected the true political makeup of our state. It was fair. It gave voters on both sides confidence that their voices mattered. But that wasn’t…
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Those Who Remember Dictatorship
The events in South Korea, and this trip to Portugal, has me more convinced than ever that the United States is an innocent teenager when it comes to our development as a nation, and our tendency to let the market…
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Storing Times for Human Events
What’s wrong with calculating the exact UTC time the event is starting and storing only that? The problem is that we are losing crucial details about the event creator’s original intent. … My strong recommendation here is that the most…
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Biden’s Pardon
Joe Biden has now provided every Republican—and especially those running for Congress in 2026—with a ready-made heat shield against any criticism about Trump’s pardons, past or present. Biden has effectively neutralized pardons as a political issue, and even worse, he…
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