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On George. Washington's birthday, from his Farewell Address (1796): "It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, . . .

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In 1991, I bought a house with an FHA loan, so I didn't need a deposit. I also attended an NEH Institute on US history. Today, I'm teaching my last term as a university professor, living in that same house, and using many of the things I learned that summer. A great society invests in its citizens.

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OPINION: "(Paul Laurence) Dunbar’s artistic legacy is often overlooked. This, despite the fact that his work influenced a number of other great African American literary giants, including Langston Hughes," Daniel-Cox writes.

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Wow.

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Can you believe it? And you know what? They’ve gotta get much tougher. I’m gonna go there in the next two weeks. I’m going to Springfield and . . to Aurora. You may never see me again, but that’s ok. I gotta do what I gotta do. “Whatever happened to Trump?” “Well, he never got out of Springfield.”

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Donald Trump said this last night (my transcription, courtesy of @Acyn on X): How about in Springfield Ohio? They had 32,000—this is a little beautiful town, no crime, no problem—32,000 illegal immigrants come into the town, 32, so they almost doubled their population in a period of a few weeks. . .

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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #660,023!

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