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If you knew my wife Jamie -- the stunning, brilliant woman who just put on senior master sergeant (E-8) at 13 years, who was ...

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As pundit David Brooks once opined, the United States is a creedal nation: “Almost every significant movement in American history has been led by people calling upon us to live up to our creed.” Few ...

Zora Neale Hurston's present popularity is remarkable because she was one of the most unappreciated types of Americans: a ...