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Life Does Not Always Follow the Plan There is something almost comical about how carefully we can plan a week. We map out the deadlines. We schedule the calls. We

There are many noble professions in America. Firefighter. Teacher. Nurse. Mail carrier. And then there is the mail carrier’s secret second job: part-time package deliverer, part-time weather survivor, part-time neighborhood

The Supreme Court’s recent decision to remove race as the basis for drawing additional majority-minority legislative districts is creating a situation that reverberates far beyond campaigns for the State Legislature

The Ballot Was Supposed to Be Simple In an era saturated with identity markers, qualifiers, and classifications, the voting booth used to stand as a last refuge of simplicity: a

The Moments We Almost Miss Sometimes the moments that matter most are not the grand ones. They are not always found in the big milestones, major celebrations, or perfectly planned

There are headlines that make you pause. There are headlines that make you blink twice. And then there are headlines that make you sit straight up, clutch your coffee, and

Usually accompanied by a deep sigh, you can hear the question “how did we get here?” asked with a fair degree of frequency. My thesis is that there are four

On May 29, 1790, Rhode Island became the last of the original 13 states to ratify the United States Constitution. It may sound like a small footnote in American history,

Some people spend their golden years gardening, golfing, or telling the neighborhood exactly how the recycling bins should be arranged. Others, apparently, are accused of running an illegal gambling arcade

Several times, I have asserted in a national campaign that there are only four choices for your basic message. Once more, the first is “things are going great, why would