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Benjamin Franklin
He had some business to attend to
Can Mrs. Clinton Lose?
By PEGGY NOONAN (WSJ)
If Hillary Clinton loses, does she know how to lose? What will that be, if she loses? Will she just say, “I concede” and go on vacation at a friend’s house on an island, and then go back to the Senate and wait? Is it possible she could be so normal? Politicians 
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[Read More] Confessions of a Young Hillary Supporter
This is the second story I read today about the primary that is funny.
By Alex Joseph in Slate
I’m a young male Democrat, and I support … Hillary Clinton. I may be the loneliest man at Georgetown University, where I’m practically a social pariah. Supporting Hillary on a college campus this year is like being 
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[Read More] The New York Times Editorial Board for the first time has second thoughts
As an Obama supporter, I was disappointed to read that the NY Times endorsed Hillary Clinton. Now one of editorial writers has gone to an Obama rally in California and is preparing himself for the defeat of Hillary.
EDITORIAL OBSERVER
Michelle, Maria, Caroline and Oprah on the Hustings in California
By ANDREW ROSENTHAL Los Angeles
Forty-eight hours 
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[Read More] There is static above the dinner table many Democratic families
I did not realize just how deeply families across the country are divided over who should be the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. Fortunately the air will clear within a few weeks.
In Democratic Families, Politics Makes for Estranged Bedfellows
By JODI KANTOR
Maria Shriver woke up Sunday morning and decided to surprise the audience at a 
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[Read More] Henry Hertzberg on the Clintons vs. Obama
During the four or five weeks leading up to February 5th—“Tsunami Tuesday,” when voters in states with half the nation’s population participate in a not quite national primary—the emotional texture of the Democratic side of the Presidential campaign changed profoundly. For most of Year One of this insanely elongated process, the Democratic Party had been 
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[Read More] The Smell of Romantic Attraction
Different languages have come up with a way to express that the smell of other people has a profound effect how attracted we are to them. English talks about the “chemistry” that two people have. In German, you literally say “I cannot smell you” (Ich kann dich nicht riechen) to express that you don’t like 
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[Read More] How the Brain Makes Moral Judgments
STEVEN PINKER pulls together in the New York Times magazine evidence that suggests that the human brain is pre-wired for developing a moral instinct. The article is a bit long but well worth reading.
The Moral Instinct
Which of the following people would you say is the most admirable: Mother Teresa, Bill Gates or Norman 
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[Read More] Hillary’s problem
Today I read for the first time in a major newspaper (the Washington Post) the key argument against Hilary Clinton’s run for the presidency.
Dear Hillary: How to Bow Out Gracefully
Dear Stumped,
I am running for leader of the free world, seeking to replace a deeply unpopular president. I am the spouse of his very successful 
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[Read More] The Next President of the United States
Barring a major terrorist attack on the United States, my money is on Obama. Elections are decided by the independents. They will vote for him rather than the Republican candidate because they want to be part of restoring American values. Here you can hear why Obama is going to be the frontrunner for the [Read More]