We don’t know where the Hunter Biden story ends up. But if he gets indicted, it’s at least going to be a significant distraction for President Joe Biden and raise questions about how much he knew about his son’s sketchy dealings.
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It always pays to take sabbaticals and vacations
Rest really does improve performance, mainly by nipping burnout in the bud. It’s been well documented that overwork has cognitive, physical and interpersonal costs, which can easily translate into lost productivity.
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Home for the holidays? An effort aims to get two dozen people into housing before Christmas.
There are thousands of people without housing in the nation’s capital, many of whom Pathways works with through different programs. The two dozen are simply the ones who are furthest along in the tedious process required to get subsidized housing in the city. They are the ones sitting closest to hope.
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The pandemic helped them realize: I want to marry you
Although annual statistics for engagements are virtually nonexistent, there’s evidence to suggest the coronavirus pandemic has produced a bumper crop.
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Donald Trump inherited populism from a long line of American politicians
President Donald Trump’s magnetic appeal to lower-income, lesser-educated white Americans is a not a new phenomenon that suddenly appeared out of thin air in 2016. It’s the product of a rigid class system that’s been around for centuries, hiding in plain sight. The background story of how this country’s baked-in class system and manipulative electoral […]
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Steve Wight: Funding Land for Maine’s Future will ensure state’s outdoor recreation economy
As Mainers who stand to benefit, we need to support these leaders to ensure a focus on conserving biodiversity, enhancing climate adaptation and resilience for wildlife and people, while supporting outdoor recreation, a robust forest products industry and an agricultural economy for our children’s children. In these divided times, this is something we can agree on.
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Reed Foster: The environment: Lost in our national discourse
When did we stop talking about the environment? The environment used to be a part of our political discourse. We used to care, or at the very least we used to act like we cared, about reducing our carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
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Cal Thomas: After Trump, what (and who) for the GOP?
Republicans can continue to embrace Trump’s policies while getting behind someone without his baggage. Who might that be? My view of the perfect candidate is Vice President Mike Pence, who has been loyal to the president without the name-calling, while preserving his own personality, dignity, Christian faith and kindness.
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Froma Harrop: The miracle on 80th Street
Yes, miracles big and small do abound, and this gray season will pass.
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V Day 2020 was a day of light and hope
In the last three weeks, my hours have been filled with work — on the surge as well as the vaccine planning efforts — and my head and heart have been empty. It’s December, the darkest month of the year. And this must be the darkest December in modern history. A disease that did not […]