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As evidence of the decline in America's morals, Trippett catalogues examples of public skepticism as to the claims of various pitchmen, politicians and bureaucrats. Yet what is wrong with a public attitude of self-reliant doubt? Would a country of credulous gulls be more moral? He also points...
Although organization is D'Amato's key asset, his rise is part of a larger demographic trend: the growth of suburbia. While Tammany Hall and other political machines traditionally were linked to the close, contentious atmosphere of the city neighborhood, D'Amato's power base is concentrated in the two...
It's not as if Kevin White would have nothing to talk about in a debate with Timilty. But it's more fun to use the issues as a backdrop for personal attacks. So White has labelled Timilty a "basic barroom drinker with general tastes" and accused him of floating...
A Massachusetts Senator (Republican) named George F. Hoar arrived at that triumphantly self-satisfied formula toward the end of the 19th century. The delineation suggests what political parties used to be in the U.S. The labels were, for one thing, descriptive: a man who called himself a Democrat embraced impulses...
The halftime tie was broken six minutes into the second half on a score from Kellog, who was making her first varsity start. McCune got the assist as her shot from the circle was stuffed through the Princeton goalie's legs by the charging Kellog, who like Tammany Hall boss...