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The Peculiarity of Choosing a President in 2020

Harry Truman said that “there is nothing new in the world except the history that you do not know.” With that in mind, I am reluctant to suggest that the 2020 election will be different from any other. Nonetheless, at least three things will make the contest both unusual and a challenge to analyze in an unemotional, nonpartisan way.

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New Zealand Sets an Example of Self-Respect

Just six days after the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, a country where mass shootings are rare, passed a sweeping new ban on semi-automatic rifles and large ammunition magazines. Meanwhile, in the US, despite a mass shooting every nine months, we cannot even pass a moderate degree of gun control. Where is our self-respect? Where is our respect for life?

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