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Dennis Ross: Reuniting America

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Throughout this election, throughout all the senseless infighting and finger-pointing, throughout the deepening polarization of our country, one thing has become abundantly clear: we have to heal our wounds and reunite as a nation. How are we supposed to lead a free world, protect Americans, and promote strength and growth when we cannot seem to work together in achieving these goals? How are we supposed to teach our children and our next generations to be civil, respectful, and mature when…

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Daily Caller: Does Charlie Crist believe in anything?

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From the Daily Caller: The British refer to a sudden change in a candidate’s political disposition as a “u-turn,” after Margaret Thatcher famously said: “You turn if you want to; the Lady’s not for turning.” Italians call the maneuver a voltafaccia, and demonstrated it most effectively in 1943, when the Italian military hoisted a tattered white flag and joined the Allied Forces. In America, we call such fingering of the political winds “flip-flopping.” But should we now call it “Cristing,”…

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Op-ed in Tallahassee Democrat: Stan Marshall has his legacy but isn’t ready to quit

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Ol’ Stan Marshall puts his pants on one leg at time,” the barber said as he trimmed the back of my head, which may have been trembling too much for him to cut in a straight line. The barber’s words did little to soothe the anxiety I felt in preparation for a meeting in 1997 with Dr. J. Stanley Marshall, former president of Florida State University, founder of Sonitrol of Tallahassee and an all-around legend of the Tallahassee community. Marshall…

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