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Jun 3
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Richard Galant
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May 2026
What Trump doesn't get about America's 250th
A forgotten New York holiday and the values worth celebrating
May 31
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Richard Galant
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Get out of jail free — and collect $200
Justice in the Trump era
May 25
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Richard Galant
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3
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When concrete rains down on your car
Five years after the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law, the money may be running out
May 20
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Richard Galant
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Ted Turner, a captain who could only have come from America
Winning was the only thing
May 11
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Richard Galant
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When the dragon of the Senate tried to tame the Supreme Court
Is court-packing the way to go?
May 8
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Richard Galant
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April 2026
King Charles, Queen Camilla and the Horrible Heffalump
We love the U.K. but they still can't have Winnie-the-Pooh
Apr 29
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Richard Galant
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A warning from the Jimmy Carter era
Trump's slow-motion Cabinet purge
Apr 23
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Richard Galant
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3
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Pope Leo gets the last laugh
What Trump doesn't know about papal history fills volumes
Apr 19
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Richard Galant
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The most powerful weapon Trump has to open the Strait of Hormuz is the one he least wants to use
Hugo Grotius figured it out in 1609
Apr 12
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Richard Galant
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America is at war with a country it doesn't understand
Seven decades of wishful thinking on Iran
Apr 6
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Richard Galant
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March 2026
Trump faces a wrenching choice
Iwo Jima and the danger of 'boots on the ground'
Mar 28
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Richard Galant
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