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President Joe Biden’s Justice Department has vowed to stop secretly obtaining reporters’ records — finally. Biden is right to put an end to th…
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After a rocky start to the plan, the rodeo is coming soon to Washington County, Virginia, and we believe that’s a good thing.
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The Virginia Military Institute repoirt poses one big question: Can an institution that has “traditionally been run by white men, for men” cha…
