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20 Nov 2019

A Holiday Guide for political conversations

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Perhaps you have despaired of understanding how someone related by blood or history or marriage could live on the other side of our political chasm. But we have to find ways to listen... Read More

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7 Nov 2019

When I listened to donald trump’s phone call

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By 1977, Jackie Onassis and others had led a successful campaign to preserve Grand Central Station, and the Commodore Hotel, next to Grand Central, was over fifty years old and losing money. New... Read More