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Every four years, for the entirety of the last two decades, the punditry desperately tries to sell the upcoming presidential election as the most important one. This is never entirely untrue, as the presidential race is extremely consequential in setting the course of our country over a substantial amount of time. Had the country elected…

The term “Survival of the fittest,” made famous in the fifth edition of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species,” suggests that organisms best adjusted to their environment are the ones who will thrive, survive and reproduce. In politics, politicians, too, have their own “survival of the fittest.” In politics, one can be rich. They…

In the 2022 election cycle we learned a lot about how to identify and target the most competitive House races around the nation, and how to focus our resources accordingly. It can mean the difference between, say, losing a close race by two points and winning it by a point. The Democrats went 23-10 in…

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The term “Eureka” is an ancient Greek term meaning “I have found.” Many excited people have been known to shout, “Eureka, Eureka!” Archimedes, a famous Greek Mathematician, was said to have uttered this term repeatedly upon finding a method for determining the purity of gold. We are going to be yelling Eureka. We will be…

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Last night my wife and I watched (for the second or third time) the Steven Spielberg film “The Post” with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. Set in 1971, the film depicts the true story of attempts by The Washington Post to publish the notorious Pentagon Papers, a set of classified documents regarding America’s shameful 20-year…

Hunting is a sport that repulses me. I look at people like Donald Trump Junior with repulsion. There are lots of activities in the world that do not involve causing pain to our outdoor friends. But there is one type of hunter I adore; one type of hunter who is nimble and quick, and who…