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Republicans are trying to build a multiracial right – will it work? Former Republican South Carolina Governor and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley launched her…
Train derailments get more headlines, but truck crashes involving hazardous chemicals are more frequent and deadly in US. Less than two weeks after train cars…
Ukraine war has exposed the folly – and unintended consequences – of ‘armed missionaries’. The evening before Russia invaded Ukraine, it seemed to many observers…
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