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On May 16, 1843, one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri, set off for the Pacific Northwest, blazing what became known as the “Oregon Trail.”

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Moving Boulders
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Pols Don’t Like Recalls
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The Lion of Oregon
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Division and Democracy
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Big Brother or Barney Fife?
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Only a Test?
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Droning On
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Is This Seat Taken?
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Competition in Michigan
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Like Zimbabwe
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Green Politicians and Ham
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Wow, This Job Is Tough
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The Whys Behind the Whats
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What’s Up With Hate?
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Daughter Draft
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Pulling It Off
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America, the Debatable?
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Bernie’s Slippery Definition of Democratic Socialism
Bernie Sanders has always given a comically slippery definition of democratic socialism. For …
Everything That Could Be Done
Two hundred forty years ago, the situation was dire. In …
Warren and the Bogeyman State
“…the bogeyman government is like the bogeyman under the bed. …
Save the Young
Freedom is good, sure … for most of us, most …
“The Good Kind of Socialism”
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