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In recent years, the term “American exceptionalism” has sometimes been an empty applause line, a fancy way of shouting “USA! USA!” Vladimir Putin recently went so far as to proclaim that “It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see...
Monday night, Bill O’Reilly delivered “an impassioned talking points memo.” As described by Foxinsider.com, O’Reilly “tackled the race problem facing America and the lack of leadership by the president to solve these issues.” Last night, O’Reilly continued the theme by...
This has come up before and before, but I think it’s worth explaining again.In the context of a dispute with transit unions, public relations person Sarah Lacy writes: People in the tech industry feel like life is a meritocracy. You...
At some point in high school, in one of those endless bifurcations people come up with to make sense of society, I realized that all the smart guys at my school could be divided up into two categories–word guys and...
This piece first ran in The Dallas Morning News on June 16, 2013.Fort Hood is the Army installation in Killeen, halfway between Austin and Waco. The base opened in January 1942, serving as a training center for soldiers joining artillery...